Express & Star

Auction achieves £15m total

SDL Auctions Bigwood took more than £15 million at its first auction of the year in Birmingham from a catalogue of over 150 lots.

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The Toll House in High Street, Smethwick, which sold for £215,000

Strong prices for residential property and land were achieved throughout the auction at Aston Villa's Villa Park ground.

The next Birmingham auction will be held on Wednesday, March 28, and the team is already inviting entries for the catalogue.

There was strong competition for The Toll House, 115 High Street in Smethwick which sold for £215,000 from a guide price of £44,000 to £48,000. The Toll House, built around 1820, is Grade II listed and part of the local conservation area.

Also in the Black Country, a mixed use property at 55D Toll End Road in Tipton, which is a former post office with one bedroomed self-contained living accommodation above, sold for £74,000 from a guide price of more than £45,000.