Before you offer on a home at B36 8LR: 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 £144k. In Birches Green & Bromford East.
4 clear£144k typical on Kempson 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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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 59 dB, aircraft 54 dB (Birmingham)24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: M6, 410 m awayAbout 147,469 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
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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).
£2,716typical price per m² in Birches Green & Bromford East
£1,310–£2,530per m² for homes at B36 8LR sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,716 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £244k. Homes at B36 8LR have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in Birches Green & Bromford East
Birches Green & Bromford East
+87% over ten years (2015 to 2025).
Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.
Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.
What homes cost and rent in Birches Green & Bromford East, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed
£103k
£95k
£790 a month
9.2%
2 beds
£192k
£156k
£1,000 a month
6.3%
3 beds
£223k
£188k
£1,090 a month
5.9%
4+ beds
£288k
£233k
£1,380 a month
5.8%
All homes
£218k
£183k
£1,050 a month
5.8%
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