53 Lodge Road, Knowle, Solihull, B93 0HG

53 Lodge Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Knowle, Solihull, Solihull (B93 0HG). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Sale prices here have outpaced Solihull HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£416/sq ft) was about 54% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold November 2022 for £520,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.