5 Austrey Close, Knowle, Solihull, B93 9JE

5 Austrey Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Knowle, Solihull, Solihull (B93 9JE). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Sale prices here have outpaced Solihull HPI: 8.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £495,000 sits 57.1% above the 2011 sale of £315,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£268/sq ft) was about 21% below the postcode norm. At 109 m² it's 21.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (90 m² median across 8 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On the market in October 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.