From a £1million-plus property in Edgbaston to the former Castle Vale police station SDL Bigwood has some arresting opportunities in its latest auction sale.

The next date is Thursday, October 20, at the Holte Suite, Aston Villa, and features 104 lots.

Jonathan Hackett, partner and head of auctions, said: “It is an eclectic spread – from great potential to amazing bargains.”

There are seven lots for Birmingham City Council, two for the Canal & River Trust, one for West Midlands Police, and, outside the West Midlands, 13 houses in Middlesbrough each with guide prices of £14,000 – the last three auctions have found buyers for all of the Middlesbrough lots offered – a semi-detached home in Liverpool and a ground lease in Stoke-on-Trent.

Offered jointly with Robert Powell & Co, 11 Farquhar Road, is a detached five-bedroom property standing on 1.2 acres of land in possibly the most desirable road in Edgbaston, guide price £1.25 million to £1.3 million. Farquhar Road has featured in the top ten of “rich list” streets in the West Midlands. And 161 Bristol Road, Edgbaston, a substantial detached eight-bedroom home with a guide of £400,000, is proving popular too.

The former Castle Vale police station, in an area now hugely improved, is attracting considerable interest. It is considered suitable for a variety of different purposes including conversion to residential or community use. The guide is £300,000-£325,000.

Properties in traditionally thought to be up-market locations include 57 Park Road, Sutton Coldfield, a mid-terrace requiring renovation throughout, guide £150,000, 21 Harts Green Road, Harborne, a semi-detached in need of modernisation, guide also £150,000, 28 Hermitage Road, Solihull, guide £150,000-£175,000 is a development opportunity complete with a still-to-be-completed loft extension and planning to extend to the side and rear, 18 and 18A Upper Holland Road, Sutton Coldfield, guide £268,000-£273,000, a semi-detached residential investment property with current gross income £13,740 a year and 45 Queslett Road East, Sutton Coldfield, a semi-detached with possible development potential to the side, guide £95,000-£105,000.

For lovers of rural living there are two charming lots available – The Web, Church Street, Bloxham, a village just outside of Banbury, is a Grade II listed cottage, guide £175,000, and Streamside Bungalow, Church Road, Eardisley, Herefordshire, nine miles north of Hay-on-Wye, part of the ‘Black and White Village Trail’, in excess of £110,000.

Being offered by Birmingham City Council, 151 Holly Road, Handsworth, is a former hostel, guide price £200,000, with options for continuance of its existing use or alternatively conversion back into a 5-6 bedroomed property.

Others in Birmingham and set to appeal include 16 Katie Road, Selly Oak, converted into six letting units producing over £27,000 per annum, guide price in excess of £195,000, 15 Harborne Road, Bearwood, a three storey end terraced property, £160,000-£170,000, Apartment 32, Arena View, 30 Clement Street, a city centre modern one bedroomed apartment within easy walking distance of the ICC, currently producing £7,200 per annum, guide in excess of £90,000, 226 Queslett Road, Great Barr, a semi-detached requiring complete refurbishment throughout, £54,000-£59,000, and 131 St Benedicts Road, Small Heath, mid-terrace, guide £69,000-£74,000.

Black Country interest takes in 87 Broadway, Walsall, a freehold detached, guide £195,000-£225,000, 3 Chapel Walk, Dudley, a detached property with a potential building plot, guide in excess of £75,000 and a possible grant from Dudley Council to contribute towards bringing the property up to a decent standard, 57 Hurstbourne Crescent, Wolverhampton, an incomplete detached dormer bungalow requiring finishing off, guide £75,000, and a fire damaged property at 78 Neachells Lane, Wednesfield, guide in excess of £15,000.

Finally, in the land of Shakespeare … 34 Evesham Road, Stratford-upon-Avon is converted into five bedsits producing nearly £26,000, a good return on a guide price of in excess of £200,000.