Renting out a home in Olton
Olton is a suburban village on the A41 Warwick Road. Large Victorian and Edwardian houses on St Bernard's Road, Grange Road and Kineton Green Road form a conservation area, with semis and detached houses elsewhere.
Flats within reach of Olton station suit people working in central Birmingham.
- Olton station, with trains every 30 minutes to Moor Street and Snow Hill
- Lyndon School and Langley School
- Olton Mere and the Grand Union Canal
- Birmingham Airport and the NEC, about 15 minutes' drive
Our work in Olton
We have let or managed more than ten homes in Olton over the last few years, and the rents we achieve sit in line with the local market.
Solihull has different rules from Birmingham, and landlords who own on both sides of the boundary are a big part of our work here. We keep each property on the right council's rules.
A lot of landlords who book a Tenancy Health Check with us think their property is fully compliant and find gaps. Lettings involves more than 170 laws and regulations, and a managed service that only collects rent tends to miss some of them.
We also run landlord seminars in Birmingham on the new rules, licensing and tax. The next one is in the last week of November 2026. Join the seminar waitlist.
Olton in numbers
Olton is mainly houses, with a good share of flats near the station and the Warwick Road. Fewer households rent privately than in Birmingham.
- At the 2021 Census, 15% of the 5,204 households in Olton ward rented privately, against 13% across Solihull borough and 20% in England.
- Homes: 38% semi-detached houses, 25% detached houses, 23% purpose-built flats, 11% terraced houses (Census 2021).
- 30 homes were listed to let in Olton on Rightmove on 31 October 2026. Leaving out rooms and student lets left 28 homes, with a middle asking rent of £1,300 a month.
- By size: 2 bed £1,200 (9 homes), 3 bed £1,475 (13 homes). Only sizes with five or more listings are shown.
Asking rents are what landlords advertise, not what tenants end up paying, and a snapshot of a few dozen homes moves from week to week.
Why tenants want to live here
- Olton station, with West Midlands Railway trains every 30 minutes towards Birmingham and Solihull and Dorridge. Chiltern trains no longer stop here
- Bus 4 along the Warwick Road to Solihull and Birmingham
Licensing and the rules in Olton
Olton comes under Solihull Council. Not a selective licence. Solihull Council runs no selective or additional licensing scheme, so a normal let to one household needs no council licence. Shared houses with five or more people from two or more households still need a mandatory HMO licence.
Small HMOs (three to six sharers) do not currently need planning permission in Solihull, unlike Birmingham. In April 2026 councillors agreed to pursue an Article 4 direction that would change this, so check the position before converting a house.
Olton sits on the Birmingham border by Acocks Green. Addresses on the Birmingham side are in the selective licensing scheme and need planning permission for any new small HMO, so check which council an address is in.
Rents in Olton
- £1,284 a month: average private rent across Solihull borough (1 bed £861, 2 bed £1,069, 3 bed £1,268, 4+ bed £1,885; semi-detached £1,326, detached £1,819), up 3.3% on a year earlier (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026)
Published averages lag behind the market and mix every kind of home. For a figure for your own property, book a free Tenancy Health Check. By the end of the call you'll know exactly where you stand.
What we charge landlords in Olton
The same published fees as everywhere we work. Managed is what we recommend for most landlords.
Advertising and finding the tenant; referencing; setting up the tenancy; collecting the rent every month; arranging repairs with our contractors, up to £250 per item without needing to ask you; tracking certificates and deadlines, with reminders; keeping the paperwork right as the rules change; your landlord portal for statements, documents and maintenance.
Advertising and finding the tenant; referencing; setting up the tenancy. After move-in, the tenancy and the paperwork are yours to handle. Utility and council tax changeover is not included and can be added from the list below.
See all our fees, or read about letting a buy-to-let with us.