31 Bilston Road, Tipton, DY4 0BT
About 31 Bilston Road
31 Bilston Road is a detached house in Tipton (DY4 0BT). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump.
At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (85 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £208,000 is 22.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 156.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £170,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
31 Bilston Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
31 Bilston Road has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Apr 2025ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 8.0m L x 3.8m H (2.8m to eaves)
- Agent
- Gurmukhi Building Design Ltd
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- PD/25/02910
- May 2006ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Front of property
Conservatory to front.
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/06/45926
What's in 31 Bilston Road, Tipton, DY4 0BT's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£208,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£170,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 February 2022Most recent
£170,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY4 0BT: £194,500 (2022–2014).
Everything we know about 31 Bilston Road, in one report
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Versus other Bilston Road homes
Price per m² for 31 Bilston Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,091
Street avg £2,004
Floor Area
55 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
13/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.0 km
Bradley Lane (West Midlands Metro) — subway entrance.
Closest school
0.2 km
Gospel Oak School. 39 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.7dB