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Get started5 Forest Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Dorridge, Solihull, Solihull (B93 8HA). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Solihull HPI: 13.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £981,250 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
5 Forest Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension to form bedroom with en-suite together with single storey rear extension
Latest sale on 5 Forest Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,079,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.4% per year over 5 years.
£981,250
Growth on file: 13.4% per year over 5 years.
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.
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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30 June 2022Most recent
£981,250
+88.7%over 5 years7 June 2017
£520,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B93 8HA: £330,000 (2022–2001).
B93 8RZ
Closest school
0.4 km
Dorridge Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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