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Buying at B36 8DL

Before you offer on a home at B36 8DL: 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 £190k. In Hodge Hill.

1 to check4 clear£190k typical on Chipperfield Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 57 dB, aircraft 55 dB (Birmingham)24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (CITY WIDE HMO).
Note
Busy road: M6, 930 m awayAbout 147,469 vehicles a day in 2025 (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).

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?

£190ktypical sale on Chipperfield Road, last 10 years

£2,887typical price per m² in Hodge Hill

£3,160per m² for homes at B36 8DL sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,887 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £260k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Hodge Hill

Hodge Hill

+72% 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	5	£315k	£242k – £550k
Semi-detached	84	£270k	£75k – £570k
Terraced	26	£270k	£188k – £404k
Flat	1	£140k	£140k – £140k

Standard sales in Hodge Hill. 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

10sales on Chipperfield Road in the last two years

116sales in Hodge Hill in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at B36 8DL

Home	Last sold	Floor area
21, Chipperfield RoadSemi-detached	£141,000, Jan 2008	71 m²	Buyer's report →
23, Chipperfield RoadSemi-detached	£120,000, Aug 2004	61 m²	Buyer's report →
27, Chipperfield RoadSemi-detached	£231,000, Jul 2025	73 m²	Buyer's report →
29, Chipperfield RoadSemi-detached	£67,000, Feb 2003	66 m²	Buyer's report →
31, Chipperfield RoadSemi-detached	£82,000, Feb 2003	–	Buyer's report →
33, Chipperfield RoadSemi-detached	£110,000, Jan 2009	70 m²	Buyer's report →
37, Chipperfield RoadSemi-detached	£140,000, Jul 2008	105 m²	Buyer's report →
39, Chipperfield RoadSemi-detached	£148,000, Jan 2013	90 m²	Buyer's report →

Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.

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Buying at B36 8DL

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £190k. In Hodge Hill.

1 to check4 clear£190k typical on Chipperfield Road

Before you make an offer

Check

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 57 dB, aircraft 55 dB (Birmingham)24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

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

Note

Busy road: M6, 930 m awayAbout 147,469 vehicles a day in 2025 (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?

£190ktypical sale on Chipperfield Road, last 10 years

£2,887typical price per m² in Hodge Hill

£3,160per m² for homes at B36 8DL sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,887 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £260k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Hodge Hill, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£117k	£89k	£830 a month	8.5%
2 beds	£224k	£197k	£1,070 a month	5.7%
3 beds	£258k	£222k	£1,150 a month	5.3%
4+ beds	£325k	£280k	£1,450 a month	5.4%
All homes	£263k	£224k	£1,140 a month	5.2%

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. * Too few sales here, so the council's figure. 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