Burman Road, Solihull

Believed to be the first house built on Burman Road back in the 1920s, this much-loved detached family home has been comprehensively renovated by the current owner, with the works completed in the summer of 2024. The result is an immaculately presented, turnkey home that keeps the charm of its original bay windows while delivering everything modern family life asks for, from underfloor heating and triple glazing to a complete rewire and new gas pipework.

The house is approached over a new imprinted permeable driveway, laid in 2025, and greeted by a bespoke solid oak-framed porch canopy set against the crisp white render. Inside, the hallway sets the tone, with underfloor heating and a solid cast iron column radiator, one of a set throughout finished in custom bronze or white.

To the front, two bay-windowed rooms give the house valuable flexibility. The sitting room is a comfortable retreat arranged around its fireplace, while the dining room, reached from both the hallway and the family area, is equally suited to formal dining or a home office. Its gas fire is currently disconnected but could be reinstated.

The heart of the home is the ground-floor rear extension, an open-plan kitchen and family room filled with light from the roof lanterns above and the French doors that open straight onto the garden. The kitchen is fitted with Shaker-style cabinetry beneath Quartz worktops, with a large central island offering breakfast seating, a double Belfast sink by Rangemaster and a generous pantry cupboard, all set on ceramic wood-effect flooring with wet underfloor heating beneath. Beyond, the family area is arranged around an electric fire and served by a Sonos internal speaker system, making it the natural place to gather, relax and entertain.

A separate utility room adds a useful second cooking space with its own two-burner gas hob and sink. There is excellent housekeeping storage in the utility for everyday items such as the hoover, mop and ironing board, plus an integrated laundry drawer for added functionality. The ground-floor shower room is finished in Craven Dunhill wall tiling and flooring by Starel Stones, with underfloor heating and a Smart Washlet WC.

Upstairs, all three bedrooms benefit from floor-to-ceiling fitted wardrobes, keeping each room calm and uncluttered. The principal bedroom enjoys a bay window to the front, the second is another comfortable double, and the third makes an ideal nursery, child's room or study. The bathroom continues the quality of finish with a second Smart Washlet WC and Porcelanosa wall tiling. A ladder leads up to the loft, which was boarded and insulated in 2020.

Outside, the rear garden was freshly landscaped on completion of the works in 2024, with a paved patio for outdoor dining, a lawn beyond and canopy lighting to the rear fascias for long summer evenings. Double gated side access adds everyday practicality. For those looking to grow into the house, there is the opportunity to build above the rear extension to create a first-floor extension, subject to the necessary planning consents.

With the hard work already done and nearly a century of Burman Road history behind it, this is a rare chance to move straight into a beautifully finished family home in one of Shirley's most convenient locations.

Burman Road is an established residential road in the heart of Shirley, one of Solihull's most convenient and family-friendly neighbourhoods. Everyday needs are close at hand along the Stratford Road, where Parkgate brings together a supermarket, shops, cafés and restaurants beside the open green space of Shirley Park, while Solihull town centre, with the Touchwood shopping centre, John Lewis, a cinema and a wide choice of dining, is a short drive away.

Families are well served, with Burman Infant School and Haslucks Green School close by, Light Hall School for secondary education, and Solihull's sought-after independent schools, including Solihull School, within easy reach. Weekends are easily filled, from a stroll through Shirley Park, and the National Trust's Packwood House and Baddesley Clinton a short drive out into the Warwickshire countryside, with Shirley Golf Club on the doorstep for keen golfers.

Connections are excellent. Shirley station is around a ten-minute walk away, with direct services into Birmingham Moor Street and Snow Hill in around 15 to 20 minutes, while Solihull and Birmingham International stations offer fast trains to London. By road, Junction 4 of the M42 is close at hand, linking to the M40 for London and the wider motorway network, with Birmingham Airport and the NEC easily reached.

What's nearby (approximate distances)
•Shirley Station: 0.5 miles (around a 10-minute walk)
•Nearest primary: Burman Infant School: 2 min walk via Burman Close
•Haslucks Green School: 1.2 miles
•Nearest secondary: Light Hall School: 0.7 miles
•Local shops: Parkgate Shopping Centre, Stratford Road, Shirley: 1.2 miles
•Touchwood shopping centre, Solihull town centre: 3.3 miles
•Doctors' surgery: Haslucks Medical Centre, Haslucks Green Road: 0.3 miles
•Vet: Manor Vets, Colebrook Road, Shirley: 0.5 miles

General Information - Tenure: Freehold

Services: Mains electricity, gas, water and drainage connected. Fibre broadband, currently supplied by Virgin Media.

Heating: Heating system installed 2024, controlled via Hive, with solid cast iron column radiators and underfloor heating to the kitchen area, hallway and ground-floor WC.

Electrics: Complete rewire in 2017, updated in 2024 for an electric car charger and the ground-floor extension.

Roof: New replacement roof in 2018.

Windows: All new triple glazed windows, including French doors to the ground-floor extension.

Car charging: Capacity to fit an electric car charger (the previous car charger was removed for the white marble render process).

Listed Building: No

Local Authority: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | Council Tax Band D

EPC: Rating D

Postcode: B90 2BG

Fixtures and Fittings: The seller intends to take certain items with them; please refer to the Sales Agent for details.

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