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Get started55 College Road is a semi-detached house in Alum Rock, Birmingham, Birmingham (B8 3SH). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in May 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 21.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £312,000 is 41.8% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£154/sq ft) was about 31.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 133 m² it's 17.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (162 m² median across 22 EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
55 College Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£312,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 21.8% per year over 10 years.
£220,000
Growth on file: 21.8% per year over 10 years.
On price per m², 55 College Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£1,654
Street avg £1,258
Floor Area
133 m²
Street avg 160 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Adderley Park Rail Station — railway station.
31 May 2007Most recent
£220,000
+2.6%over 2 years20 December 2004
£214,500
+550.0%over 7 years15 October 1997
£33,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B8 3SH: £175,000 (2016–2005).
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
Closest school
0.3 km
The Rosary Catholic Primary School. 69 schools nearby.
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