51 Newlands Road, Bentley Heath, Solihull, B93 8AU

51 Newlands Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bentley Heath, Solihull, Solihull (B93 8AU). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in May 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Other recorded features include a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Sale prices here have outpaced Solihull HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £490,000 is 12.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 21.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £435,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.