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Get started17 Forest Road is a detached house in Dorridge, Solihull, Solihull (B93 8HA). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 53). The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since November 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Today's modelled estimate of £619,000 sits 87.6% above the 2009 sale of £330,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£227/sq ft) was about 57.1% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
17 Forest Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Apr 2019
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
Extension: Side of property
Certificate of lawful development for proposed single storey side extension.
The latest sale fell during the post-2008 dip, often a low-water mark in price comparisons.
£619,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£330,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Dorridge Rail Station — railway station.
Loft extension and conversion.
6 November 2009Most recent
£330,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B93 8HA: £520,000 (2022–2001).
Closest school
0.4 km
Dorridge Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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