29 Colonial Road, Birmingham, B9 5NR
About 29 Colonial Road
29 Colonial Road is a mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B9 5NR). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2013); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since May 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2003–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 238.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £173,000 sits 64.8% above the 2005 sale of £105,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 103 m² it's 15.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 33 EPCs).
Energy performance
29 Colonial Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 Nov 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
29 Colonial Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Nov 2011ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension
- Council
- Hodge Hill
- Reference
- 2011/06196/PA
What's in 29 Colonial Road, Birmingham, B9 5NR's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Price for 29 Colonial Road has grown more than fourfold since the 2003 starting point.
£173,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 238.9% per year over 2 years.
£105,000
Growth on file: 238.9% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
12 May 2005Most recent
£105,000
+556.3%over 1 year27 October 2003
£16,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B9 5NR: £195,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in B9 5NR
Versus other Colonial Road homes
EPC Rating for 29 Colonial Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,019
Street avg £1,045
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
19/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km
Adderley Park Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.4 km
Bordesley Green Primary School. 64 schools nearby.
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