1 bed flat for sale

Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4

This one bedroom apartment of 531 sq ft sits on the third floor of the former Steelhouse Lane police headquarters, designed in the early 1930s and opened in 1933. The Neo-Georgian building keeps its Portland stone base, red brick facade, sash windows and arched openings at ground level.

The conversion creates 59 apartments, each shaped around the original structure. Residents have a lift, a co-working space and a secure cycle store for 72 bikes. There is no private parking.

The address sits in the Snow Hill and Colmore Business District, home to more than 500 businesses and about 35,000 professionals, with HSBC, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank and BT based nearby. Snow Hill station is in the same district, and the Bullring and Grand Central are in the city centre.

For investors, Birmingham is a growing rental market: £370m went into build-to-rent in 2025, the city has more than 88,000 students across five universities, and HS2 is planned to bring London within 49 minutes. At £1,375 to £1,625 a month, this apartment offers a potential gross yield of 5.5% to 6.5% on £300,000.

Share of freehold with long leases and no ground rent, a 10 year icw warranty, an estimated service charge of £1,513 a year and practical completion in September 2027.

Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4. Tenure: Share of freehold. Council tax band: To be confirmed. EPC rating: Not yet issued

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