B42 2JR
Last sold £38,000 in November 1996
32, Somercotes Road, Birmingham
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- Elevation
- About 130m — higher than about 50% of homes in Birmingham
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Price history in context
- Nov 1996 — £38,000
What this home might be worth today
£186,000
Estimate range £177,000–£196,000
+390.5% since November 1996 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 200 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Glenmead Primary School 8-min walk
- Perry Beeches Nursery School 7-min walk
- Hamstead station 2.1km
- High Wood 2.2km
- The coast (coastline) 72.5km
- Perry Reservoir 815m
- Pond 958m
- Canal 781m
- River Tame 1.6km
- Public Park 710m
- Play Area 666m
- Rowan's 432m
- Hassop Road (Opp) 99m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Hamstead, 2.1km away
- 16 min Birmingham
- 100 min Sheffield
- 101 min Nottingham
- 108 min London
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,500 hours a year — sunnier than 20% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a gentle south-west-facing slope; surrounding hills hide almost none of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Planning
- An Article 4 direction applies here — some permitted development rights are withdrawn.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 52, Somercotes Road, Birmingham £50,000 · 1997
- 6, Somercotes Road, Birmingham £49,500 · 1998
- 78, Somercotes Road, Birmingham £66,000 · 1999
- 48, Somercotes Road, Birmingham £43,000 · 2000
- 74, Somercotes Road, Birmingham £106,300 · 2003
- 66, Somercotes Road, Birmingham £95,000 · 2003
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Erection of 6 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 3 metres, eaves… Apr 2026 source
- In progress Display of 6no. illuminated and non-illuminated signs Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Erection of 6 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 4 metres, eaves… May 2026 source
- In progress Demolition of existing garage and erection of 3 storey detached dwelling house (Use Class… Feb 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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