79 Grange Road, Solihull, B91 1BZ
About 79 Grange Road
79 Grange Road is a detached house in Solihull (B91 1BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 314 m² (around 3380 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump.
Held since September 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 314 m² the property is well over the postcode median (231 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–1997, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £978,000 sits 354.9% above the 1997 sale of £215,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£64/sq ft) was about 74.6% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
79 Grange Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
79 Grange Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
4 applications on record at 79 Grange Road, Solihull, B91 1BZ
- Sept 2006ConservatoryFullOutcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
Ground floor rear conservatory extension.
Extension- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/2006/01571/FULL
- More recent applications — locked
- Loft ConversionOct 2007Decision
- ConservatoryDec 2006Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
79 Grange Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£978,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.9% per year over 1 year.
£215,000
Growth on file: 3.9% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
4 September 1997Most recent
£215,000
+3.9%20 March 1997
£207,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B91 1BZ: £800,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in B91 1BZ
Versus other Grange Road homes
On price per m², 79 Grange Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£685
Street avg £2,586
Floor Area
314 m²
Street avg 228 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
17.0 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.2 km
Olton Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.4 km
Langley School. 44 schools nearby.
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