Renting out a home in Solihull
Rental homes in Solihull range from flats in and around the town centre to family houses on the streets around it. Two bed and purpose-built flats near the station and Touchwood are the mainstream let.
Solihull rents run above Birmingham's: £1,284 a month on average against £1,106 across the city (ONS, September 2026).
- Solihull Hospital on Lode Lane
- Jaguar Land Rover's Solihull plant
- Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull School, Solihull College and Solihull Sixth Form College
- The High Street, Touchwood, and Malvern and Brueton Parks
Our work in Solihull
We have let or managed more than ten homes in Solihull 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.
We work with tax professionals who can help landlords keep more of their rental income without raising rents, which matters at Solihull price levels.
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.
Solihull in numbers
Nearly half the homes in the two town centre wards are detached, and a fifth are purpose-built flats. Two bed flats are the bulk of what is listed to let.
- At the 2021 Census, 15% of the 10,613 households in St Alphege and Silhill wards rented privately, against 13% across Solihull borough and 20% in England.
- Homes: 49% detached houses, 24% semi-detached houses, 19% purpose-built flats, 6% terraced houses (Census 2021).
- 105 homes were listed to let in Solihull on Rightmove on 31 October 2026. Leaving out rooms and student lets left 99 homes, with a middle asking rent of £1,300 a month.
- By size: 1 bed £960 (18 homes), 2 bed £1,250 (41 homes), 3 bed £1,500 (24 homes), 4+ bed £3,500 (15 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
- Solihull station: West Midlands Railway to Moor Street and Snow Hill, and Chiltern trains to Birmingham and London Marylebone
- Widney Manor station in the south of the town
- M42 junctions 4 and 5, with Birmingham International, the airport and the NEC in the borough
Licensing and the rules in Solihull
Solihull 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.
Rents in Solihull
- £1,746 a month: average monthly rent paid in Solihull, across all its districts (B90 to B94) (Rightmove area guide, August 2026)
- £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 Solihull
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.