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Get started3 Beconsfield Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Dorridge, Solihull, Solihull (B93 8QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced Solihull HPI: 7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£819/sq ft) was about 194.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 97 m² it sits well below the postcode median (171 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £855,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Amendments to planning permission dated 20/07/2022 reference PL/2022/01064/MINFHO for: First floor extension to form bedrooms, bathrooms and sitting room plus terrace with views to Dorridge Park. Removal of existing conservatory with new single storey extensions to rear. Namely : For 1 No window removed from bedroom gable wall (Clear Glazed, 1.125m FFL - cill, 3.0m FFL - head), 1 No. window to landing gable wall repositioned, and height adjusted from 1.125m FFL - cill and 3.0m FFL - head to 1.875m FFL - cill and 3.225m FFL - head, window remains clear glazed as approved and is still situated behind first floor sitting room roof and is not visible from the side boundary.
3 Beconsfield Close has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£900,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 26 years.
£855,000
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 26 years.
On price per m², 3 Beconsfield Close stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£8,814
Street avg £3,536
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 181 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Dorridge Rail Station — railway station.
Discharge condition No. 4 (materials - roof tiles) on planning approval PL/2022/01064/MINFHO dated 20/07/2022 for first floor extension to form bedrooms, bathrooms and sitting room plus terrace with views to Dorridge Park. Removal of existing conservatory with new single storey extensions to rear.
1 more application for this property
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28 January 2022Most recent
£855,000
+189.8%over 20 years28 February 2001
£295,000
+34.1%over 2 years15 February 1999
£220,000
+44.7%over 2 years25 July 1996
£152,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B93 8QZ: £814,000 (2021–2015).
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
B93 8BE
Closest school
1.0 km
Dorridge Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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