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Get started28 Castle Lane is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Solihull (B92 8DB). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (December 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced Solihull HPI: 8.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£322/sq ft) was about 53% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £270,000 in June 2024. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
28 Castle Lane has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior notification for a ground floor rear extension with mono-pitched roof abutted to original elevation, measuring 5.69m from the original rear wall, at a maximum height of 3.38m, and measuring 2.6m at the eaves.
28 Castle Lane has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2009.
£281,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.5% per year over 15 years.
£270,000
Growth on file: 8.5% per year over 15 years.
Years Held for 28 Castle Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,462
Street avg £2,765
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 86 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Olton Rail Station — railway station.
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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21 June 2024Most recent
£270,000
+21.1%over 5 years26 October 2018
£223,000
+23.2%over 4 years13 June 2014
£181,000
+1.1%over 4 years29 April 2010
£178,950
+123.7%over 9 months12 August 2009
£80,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B92 8DB: £250,000 (2025–2023).
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
B92 8RX
Closest school
0.8 km
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School. 34 schools nearby.
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