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Get started16 Gainsborough Crescent is a five-bedroom detached house in Knowle, Solihull, Solihull (B93 9EX). It has a recorded floor area of 192 m² (around 2067 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2025) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.
Sale prices here have outpaced Solihull HPI: 2.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £846,000 is 36.5% above the 2021 sale price. At 192 m² the property is well over the postcode median (137 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Last sale on file: £620,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
16 Gainsborough Crescent ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£846,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.6% per year over 17 years.
£620,000
Growth on file: 2.6% per year over 17 years.
On epc rating, 16 Gainsborough Crescent stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,229
Street avg £4,046
Floor Area
192 m²
Street avg 148 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 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 upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Solar PV panels (33 kWp) and Solar water heating installed
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23 March 2021Most recent
£620,000
+40.9%over 14 years17 November 2006
£439,950
+8.6%over 2 years1 September 2004
£405,000
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
4.8 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
B93 9QW
Closest school
0.6 km
Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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