Rose Cottage, Marsh Lane, Hampton In Arden, Solihull, B92 0AH

Rose Cottage is a semi-detached house in Hampton-In-Arden, Solihull, Solihull (B92 0AH). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £485,000 sits 61.7% above the 2017 sale of £300,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 18.7% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in October 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.