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Get started1 Gainsborough Crescent is a four-bedroom detached house in Knowle, Solihull, Solihull (B93 9EX). It has a recorded floor area of 198 m² (around 2131 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).
Sale prices here have outpaced Solihull HPI: 2.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £869,000 sits 79.2% above the 2014 sale of £485,000. At 198 m² the property is well over the postcode median (137 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in April 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years.
1 Gainsborough Crescent has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Rear of property
2 storey rear extension to kitchen/lounge with bedroom over
1 Gainsborough Crescent valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£869,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.6% per year over 11 years.
£485,000
Growth on file: 2.6% per year over 11 years.
1 Gainsborough Crescent is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£2,449
Street avg £4,124
Floor Area
198 m²
Street avg 148 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.7 km
Dorridge Rail Station — railway station.
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
More low energy lighting installed
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New attached garage to side with associated hard landscaping & infill under existing canopy extending hall and forming a porch.
25 April 2014Most recent
£485,000
+32.9%over 10 years20 May 2003
£365,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B93 9EX: £665,000 (2025–2022).
5 Gainsborough Crescent Knowle Solihull
Sold Feb 2025
9 Gainsborough Crescent Knowle Solihull
Sold May 2024
2 Gainsborough Crescent Knowle Solihull
Sold Apr 2023
22 Gainsborough Crescent Knowle Solihull
Sold Feb 2023
18 Gainsborough Crescent Knowle Solihull
Sold Jul 2022
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
B93 9JL
Closest school
0.6 km
Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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