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Guide Price£22,000

FGR's, 1, 2, 3 & 4 Cook Close, Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands, B93

Description

Guide Price = £18,000 - £22,000

Property for auction on 9th September at 13:00 at Avery Fields, 79 Sandon Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B17 8DT

A Freehold Ground Rent investment opportunity secured upon four maisonettes contained within a detached two storey block of brick construction with pitched tile clad roof, located in a cul de sac overlooking open space and set back behind a fore garden.

Cook Close forms part of a highly regarded and established residential area and leads off Kenilworth Road which connects directly to Knowle High Street containing a wide range of retail amenities, bars and restaurants.

Leasehold Information
1 Cook Close
The property is subject to a long lease for a term of 99 years (less 3 days) which commenced on 25th March 1976 at a ground rent of £45 per annum.

2 Cook Close:
The property is subject to a long lease which originally commenced on 25th March 1976 and has since been extended from 9th December 2011

expiring 22 March 2110, at a ground rent of £45 per annum.

3 Cook Close:
The property is subject to a long lease which commenced on 28th March 1979 and has since been extended from 30 April 2013 expiring 24 March 2112, at a ground rent of £45 per annum.

4 Cook Close:
The property is subject to a long lease which commenced on 13th November 2007 expiring 25 March 2125, at a ground rent of £45 per annum.

Total Ground Rent Income: £180 per annum

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-08-27

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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Garden
Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Knowle Church of England Primary Academy354 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    468
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St George and St Teresa Catholic Primary School1 mileOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    176
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Dorridge Primary School1.1 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    702
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School1.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    324
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary School1.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    146
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Arden567 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,812
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Peter's Catholic School2.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,306
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull2.9 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,730
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Alderbrook School3.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,701
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Lode Heath School3.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,096
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Tesco Knowle Superstore, Dorridge482 metres
Asda Widney Express Petrol, Dorridge1 mile
Co-op Bentley Heath, Dorridge1.1 miles

GP surgery

Arden Medical Centre0.8 miles

Pharmacy

Knights Knowle Pharmacy322 metres

Hospital

Spire Parkway Hospital2.7 miles

Green space

Playing Field146 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Dorridge Rail Station1.4 miles

Nearest bus stop

Knowle Green Terminus232 metres

Typical drive times

Solihull8 min · 3.1 miles
Coleshill15 min · 11 miles
Kenilworth18 min · 8.9 miles
Coventry (city)25 min · 15 miles
Henley-in-Arden15 min · 8 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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