5 Lower City Road, B69 2HA

Semi-detached house86 m²EPC GBand BFreehold

5 Lower City Road, in B69, is a freehold semi-detached house on Lower City Road. It last sold for £82,500 in 2014, its only sale in HM Land Registry's records.

EPC GCouncil tax BGigabit broadband 97%

What this home is

The physical record — from its EPC assessments, HM Land Registry and the VOA.

Property type
Semi-detached house
Semi-detached
Floor area
86 m²
926 sq ft
Built
1930-1949
EPC construction age band
Tenure
Freehold
CO₂
9.2 t/yr
current estimate

EPC data © Crown copyright; bedrooms are the register's estimate, not a survey. Tenure from HM Land Registry.

What is it worth now?

An indicative projection from its own sale record — the report's valuation prices it against individual comparable sales.

Indicatively £146,000£222,000 today, projected from its 2014 sale.

Indicative value
£146,000£222,000
Carrying the 2014 sale forward with B69's market movement (×2.23). It can't see condition or improvements.
Last sold (2014)
£82,500
District median movement since: ×2.23.
Sold 2014 · £83k£222k£146k2026

From the 2014 sale, the indicative range widens as time passes — the cone is that growing uncertainty, not a forecast.

B69 £/m² (recent sales)£2,318this home £959 at its last sale
The local market
Official house price index (UK HPI)

Across Sandwell, the official average home value is £212,547+5% in a year, +33% over five.

Detached£342,577
Semi-detached£234,387
Terraced£197,188
Flat / maisonette£115,283

Covers the whole Sandwell area, not this postcode.

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The precise, comparables-based valuation

A point estimate with likely and wide ranges, built from individual comparable sales nearby — each listed with address, date, size and adjusted price.

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Comparable sales analysed
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Point estimate
Likely range (p50) & wide range (p80)
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Indicative range projected from HM Land Registry sold prices; not a formal valuation, survey or appraisal.

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Sale history

Every transaction HM Land Registry records for 5 Lower City Road, newest first.

1 recorded sale since 2014.

£50k£100k£150k£200k£250k200820122016202020242026£240kSold 2014: £82,500£83k
£50k£100k£150k£200k£250k201420202026£240kSold 2014: £82,500£83k
B69 yearly medianThis home's recorded sales

This home's recorded sales joined up, with the change between each — against B69's yearly median.

Energy certificate 29 Oct 2023
Rated EPC D · 82 m² recorded
Recorded at this certificate — so at some point since the previous one in 21 Oct 2013:
Heating
Heating changed: No system present: electric heaters assumed → Boiler and radiators, mains gas
Efficiency
EPC improved from G to D
31 Jul 2014Most recent
£82,500
Semi-detached house · Freehold
Energy certificate 21 Oct 2013
Rated EPC G · 86 m² recorded
Built 1930-1949
Property built
Interwar (1919–1944)
What a home of this era typically means
  • Cavity walls begin to appear, but many of this era are unfilled — worth checking whether they’ve been insulated.
  • Foundations are deeper than Victorian but still shallow by modern standards; clay-heave subsidence is the classic risk.

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.

How it compares on Lower City Road

Against the 39 homes HM Land Registry and the EPC register know on this street.

Smaller than the typical home on Lower City Road by 10%
Floor area
16 homes
150 m²200 m²This home 86 m²
Street median 98 m² · higher than 25% of the street

Lower City Road sold prices & full street profile →

Street medians from recorded sales in the last 8 years and EPC floor areas; a street's unsold homes are invisible to price medians.

Energy & running costs

What 5 Lower City Road's Energy Performance Certificates say about efficiency, cost and construction.

EPC band G (9/100) — improvable to B
Heating, hot water and lighting estimated at about £2,507 a year. The certificate expired in 2023 — the seller needs a new EPC to market the home.
Worth checking
!The certificate expired in 2023 — the seller needs a new EPC to market the home, and the property may have changed since the assessment.
!Band G puts this home among the least efficient — minimum-energy-standard rules already bar most F/G lettings, and tighter rules are proposed.
A92+
B81–91
Potential · 85
C69–80
D55–68
E39–54
F21–38
G1–20
This home · 9
CO₂ emissions
9.2 t/yr
current estimate
Built
1930-1949
EPC construction age band
Built form
Semi-detached
Running cost
£2,507/yr
heating + hot water + lighting
Certificate
21 Oct 2013
lodgement date
Between its certificates
RatingGD9Improved
29 Oct 2023Heating changed: No system present: electric heaters assumed → Boiler and radiators, mains gas
29 Oct 2023EPC improved from G to D
Heat pump?Possible — check first
Built 1930-1949 — older fabric, so radiator sizing and insulation need checking before a heat pump.
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The construction detail, element by element

Every fabric element as the assessor described it — walls, roof, floor, windows, hot water and heating construction with its efficiency rating — plus glazing detail and itemised running costs.

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Wall construction & insulation, as assessed
Roof & floor construction, as assessed
Windows & glazing detail
Heating & hot-water systems, with efficiency ratings
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EPC data © Crown copyright, from the domestic EPC register. Certificates describe the home as assessed on their date.

The practical file

The running costs and everyday infrastructure a viewing can't show you.

Council tax band B (≈£1,745/yr) · gigabit broadband reaches 97% of premises.

Council tax
Band B
£1,745/yr · Sandwell
Gigabit broadband
97%
of premises here
Top speed
0 Mbps
median 0 Mbps
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Every amenity, counted and priced

The full amenity list by category with names and distances — supermarkets to GPs to gyms — plus parks with sizes and every connectivity measure in full.

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VOA council-tax band with the authority's current rates; Ofcom broadband coverage; amenities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); EV charging from the National Chargepoint Registry; hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency.

The neighbourhood

Who lives here and how the area ranks — the Sandwell 021A neighbourhood, from the Census and the Indices of Deprivation.

IMD decile 5/10mid-range for England; household income about 17% below the national average; shared/rented housing low.

5/10Mid-range for England
1 · most deprived10 · least deprived

In plain terms: a weaker living environment.

Breakdown by domain
Income4/10
Employment5/10
Education & skills4/10
Health6/10
Crime5/10
Housing & access4/10
Living environment4/10

ONS Census 2021 and the English Indices of Deprivation, at neighbourhood (LSOA/MSOA) level — the immediate pocket, not the whole postcode district.

The street and the area

Where 5 Lower City Road sits in its local market.

B69 median
£180,000
last 8 years
B69 £/m²
£2,318
last 8 years

5 Lower City Road: quick answers

From HM Land Registry, EPC, VOA, Police.uk, DfE and Environment Agency records.

When did 5 Lower City Road last sell, and for how much?

5 Lower City Road last sold for £82,500 on 31 Jul 2014, according to HM Land Registry.

How many times has 5 Lower City Road been sold?

HM Land Registry records 1 sale for 5 Lower City Road. Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.

How big is 5 Lower City Road?

Its most recent Energy Performance Certificate records 86 m² of floor area.

What council tax band is 5 Lower City Road?

5 Lower City Road is in council tax band B, costing about £1,745 a year (Sandwell).

How energy efficient is 5 Lower City Road?

Its most recent EPC rates it G (score 9). Its recommended improvements would take it to B.

What is 5 Lower City Road worth today?

Carrying its 2014 sale price forward with B69's market movement suggests roughly £146,000–£222,000 as of 2026. This is indicative only — the full report values it against individual comparable sales.

How fast is broadband at 5 Lower City Road?

Top available download speed is around 0 Mbps. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 97% of premises in this postcode. (Source: Ofcom)

Other homes at B69 2HA

Recorded sales for the other addresses sharing this postcode on Lower City Road.

All homes at this postcode, with sales counts & floor areas (20)
Last sold
2006
Price
£65,000
Sales
3
Last sold
2022
Price
£239,500
Sales
2
Last sold
2014
Price
£95,000
Sales
1
Floor area
80 m²
Last sold
2014
Price
£246,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2002
Price
£230,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2022
Price
£345,000
Sales
1
Floor area
196 m²
Last sold
2025
Price
£217,000
Sales
1
Floor area
87 m²
Last sold
2023
Price
£375,000
Sales
1
Floor area
191 m²
Last sold
2021
Price
£235,500
Sales
1
Last sold
2014
Price
£187,500
Sales
1
Last sold
2020
Price
£280,000
Sales
3
Last sold
1999
Price
£82,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2017
Price
£212,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2018
Price
£215,000
Sales
1
Floor area
66 m²
Last sold
2020
Price
£244,950
Sales
2
Floor area
79 m²
Last sold
1998
Price
£57,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2012
Price
£237,500
Sales
1
Last sold
2000
Price
£71,000
Sales
1
Floor area
120 m²
Last sold
2019
Price
£230,000
Sales
1
Floor area
168 m²
Last sold
2013
Price
£140,000
Sales
1

HM Land Registry last recorded sale per address; unsold homes show no price.

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The data behind this dossier
HM Land RegistryEPC RegisterValuation Office AgencyPolice.ukDfE & OfstedEnvironment AgencyDEFRAUKHSA & BGSCoal AuthorityOfcomNaPTANOpenStreetMap

Contains public-sector data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where applicable. Amenity data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset. Figures describe recorded data and are not a survey or valuation of this home; the indicative range is a projection, not an appraisal. marks detail included in the £5 report.