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Buying at B44 8JU

Before you offer on a home at B44 8JU: 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 £185k. In Kingstanding South West.

1 to check3 clear£185k typical on Kingstanding Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 72 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Radon: up to 1–3% 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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Busy road: M6, 970 m awayAbout 166,394 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).

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?

£185ktypical sale on Kingstanding Road, last 10 years

£2,671typical price per m² in Kingstanding South West

£1,820–£2,730per m² for homes at B44 8JU sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,671 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £240k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Kingstanding South West

Kingstanding South West

+70% 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	4	£275k	£250k – £295k
Semi-detached	119	£220k	£90k – £355k
Terraced	41	£199k	£45k – £348k
Flat	13	£95k	£63k – £230k

Standard sales in Kingstanding South West. 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

38sales on Kingstanding Road in the last two years

177sales in Kingstanding South West in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at B44 8JU

Home	Last sold	Floor area
107, Kingstanding RoadSemi-detached	£215,000, Oct 2024	118 m²	Buyer's report →
109, Kingstanding RoadSemi-detached	£210,000, Jul 2020	95 m²	Buyer's report →
111, Kingstanding RoadSemi-detached	£235,000, Sept 2021	86 m²	Buyer's report →
115, Kingstanding RoadSemi-detached	£73,000, Dec 2000	–	Buyer's report →
117, Kingstanding RoadSemi-detached	£127,000, Aug 2006	104 m²	Buyer's report →
119, Kingstanding RoadTerraced	£57,000, Jul 1999	–	Buyer's report →
127, Kingstanding RoadSemi-detached	£200,000, Jan 2018	–	Buyer's report →
129, Kingstanding RoadSemi-detached	£236,000, Nov 2019	97 m²	Buyer's report →
131, Kingstanding RoadSemi-detached	£135,000, Dec 2013	89 m²	Buyer's report →

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Buying at B44 8JU

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £185k. In Kingstanding South West.

1 to check3 clear£185k typical on Kingstanding Road

Before you make an offer

Check

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 72 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Radon: up to 1–3% 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

Busy road: M6, 970 m awayAbout 166,394 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?

£185ktypical sale on Kingstanding Road, last 10 years

£2,671typical price per m² in Kingstanding South West

£1,820–£2,730per m² for homes at B44 8JU sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,671 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £240k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Kingstanding South West, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£117k	£89k	£830 a month	8.5%
2 beds	£189k	£169k	£990 a month	6.3%
3 beds	£228k	£209k	£1,100 a month	5.8%
4+ beds	£279k	£261k	£1,360 a month	5.8%
All homes	£217k	£191k	£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. * 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