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Buying at B20 2LE

Before you offer on a home at B20 2LE: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £285k. In Handsworth Wood.

1 to check3 clear£285k typical on Inverclyde Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Radon: up to 10–30% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).
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On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
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Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (CITY WIDE HMO).
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 58 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A4040, 940 m awayAbout 12,458 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.
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No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
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Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£285ktypical sale on Inverclyde Road, last 10 years

£2,783typical price per m² in Handsworth Wood

£1,990–£3,090per m² for homes at B20 2LE sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,783 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £250k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Handsworth Wood

Handsworth Wood

+69% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	43	£351k	£210k – £850k
Semi-detached	43	£285k	£60k – £845k
Terraced	16	£292k	£190k – £370k
Flat	4	£135k	£65k – £148k

Standard sales in Handsworth Wood. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

4sales on Inverclyde Road in the last two years

106sales in Handsworth Wood in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at B20 2LE

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Inverclyde RoadSemi-detached	£208,000, Oct 2012	118 m²	Buyer's report →
3, Inverclyde RoadSemi-detached	£107,000, Sept 2001	104 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Inverclyde RoadTerraced	£59,000, Sept 1997	–	Buyer's report →
17, Inverclyde RoadSemi-detached	£75,000, Jul 1999	–	Buyer's report →
19, Inverclyde RoadTerraced	£312,500, Oct 2023	104 m²	Buyer's report →
23, Inverclyde RoadSemi-detached	£89,950, Jun 2001	150 m²	Buyer's report →
25, Inverclyde RoadTerraced	£66,000, Oct 1996	172 m²	Buyer's report →
27, Inverclyde RoadSemi-detached	£185,000, Apr 2015	93 m²	Buyer's report →
31, Inverclyde RoadSemi-detached	£67,000, Feb 1998	121 m²	Buyer's report →
33, Inverclyde Road

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Buying at B20 2LE

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £285k. In Handsworth Wood.

1 to check3 clear£285k typical on Inverclyde Road

Before you make an offer

Check

Radon: up to 10–30% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).

Note

On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).

Note

Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (CITY WIDE HMO).

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 58 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A4040, 940 m awayAbout 12,458 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£285ktypical sale on Inverclyde Road, last 10 years

£2,783typical price per m² in Handsworth Wood

£1,990–£3,090per m² for homes at B20 2LE sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,783 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £250k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Handsworth Wood, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£308k	£82k	£1,230 a month	4.8%
2 beds	£151k	£132k	£910 a month	7.2%
3 beds	£290k	£244k	£1,210 a month	5.0%
4+ beds	£396k	£333k	£1,570 a month	4.8%
All homes	£317k	£259k	£1,230 a month	4.7%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places