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Buying at B26 3UB

Before you offer on a home at B26 3UB: 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.

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £203k. In Sheldon South.

4 clear£203k typical on Church Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (CITY WIDE HMO).
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2 listed buildings within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A45, 830 m awayAbout 46,890 vehicles a day in 2019 (DfT traffic counts).
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No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
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).

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?

£203ktypical sale on Church Road, last 10 years

£2,976typical price per m² in Sheldon South

£1,320–£2,990per m² for homes at B26 3UB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,976 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £268k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Sheldon South

Sheldon South

+64% 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	19	£315k	£25k – £405k
Semi-detached	179	£250k	£61k – £415k
Terraced	47	£250k	£50k – £357k
Flat	64	£165k	£43k – £291k

Standard sales in Sheldon South. 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

11sales on Church Road in the last two years

309sales in Sheldon South in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at B26 3UB

Home	Last sold	Floor area
87, Church RoadSemi-detached	£161,000, Dec 2005	85 m²	Buyer's report →
89, Church RoadSemi-detached	£96,605, Apr 2026	68 m²	Buyer's report →
91, Church RoadSemi-detached	£55,000, May 1995	–	Buyer's report →
99, Church RoadSemi-detached	£128,000, Oct 2010	90 m²	Buyer's report →
101, Church RoadSemi-detached	£195,000, Aug 2017	148 m²	Buyer's report →
103, Church RoadTerraced	£215,000, Oct 2020	72 m²	Buyer's report →
105, Church RoadSemi-detached	£206,000, Oct 2020	87 m²	Buyer's report →
107, Church RoadSemi-detached	£124,950, Nov 2002	–	Buyer's report →
109, Church RoadSemi-detached	£135,000, Jul 2010	98 m²	Buyer's report →
115, Church Road

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Buying at B26 3UB

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £203k. In Sheldon South.

4 clear£203k typical on Church Road

Before you make an offer

Note

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

Note

2 listed buildings within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A45, 830 m awayAbout 46,890 vehicles a day in 2019 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.

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?

£203ktypical sale on Church Road, last 10 years

£2,976typical price per m² in Sheldon South

£1,320–£2,990per m² for homes at B26 3UB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,976 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £268k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Sheldon South, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£99k	£92k	£770 a month	9.3%
2 beds	£208k	£159k	£1,030 a month	5.9%
3 beds	£261k	£237k	£1,160 a month	5.3%
4+ beds	£313k	£275k	£1,430 a month	5.5%
All homes	£250k	£212k	£1,120 a month	5.4%

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