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Get started18 Gainsborough Crescent is a four-bedroom detached house in Knowle, Solihull, Solihull (B93 9EX). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).
Sale prices here have outpaced Solihull HPI: 4.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £747,000 is 11.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£419/sq ft) was about 63.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £668,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
18 Gainsborough Crescent has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£747,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 13 years.
£668,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 13 years.
Price per m²
£4,514
Street avg £3,918
Floor Area
148 m²
Street avg 152 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.7 km
Dorridge Rail Station — railway station.
Extension: Rear of property
Ground floor rear extension to form a conservatory.
15 July 2022Most recent
£668,000
+77.7%over 13 years1 May 2009
£376,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B93 9EX: £665,000 (2025–2021).
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
10 Gainsborough Crescent Knowle Solihull
Sold Sept 2021
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
B93 9JL
Closest school
0.6 km
Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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