Everything from building plots to a portfolio of stores is set to go under the hammer at the next Cottons auction at Aston Villa’s Holte Suite on October 16.

Lot prices start from £7,000 to £10,000 for freehold ground rents in Prestwich, Manchester. The investment opportunity of retail shops in Coventry Road and Muntz Street, Birmingham, has the highest guide price of £750,000 to £800,000.

There are 53 properties in all, including some fine family houses in Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield and Walsall.

On The Avenue in Acocks Green, Birmingham, there is an end terraced property set behind a walled front garden. It has an entrance hall, two reception rooms, a dining room, kitchen and downstairs toilet. Upstairs there are three bedrooms and a bathroom.

The property is within a quarter of a mile from Acocks Green railway station. It has a guide price of £122,000 to £128,000

In Priory Road, a popular residential road in Kings Heath, Birmingham, there is am appealing semi-detached house. It has a canopy entrance, reception hall, two reception rooms and a kitchen with a range of fitted units.

On the first floor there are three bedrooms and a bathroom. It has a lawned garden to the front, a garage and back garden with patio and a long lawn.

The guide price has been set at £170,000 to £180,000.

An imposing detached house requiring complete renovation and modernisation is up for sale in Foley Road East in Streetly, Sutton Coldfield, with a guide price of £400,000 to £430,000.

Situated in a highly sought after location close to Sutton Park and approximately two and a half miles from Sutton Coldfield town centre, the traditional style property occupies a substantial plot extending to approximately 0.34 acres.

It has a reception entrance/room with store cupboard, lounge, dining room, dining kitchen with pantry, rear lobby, store room, utility room, and cloakroom with toilet.

The first floor has four double bedrooms and a bathroom.

At the front there is a garden, off road parking and a garage. To the back there is a substantial garden.

In Strensham Hill, Moseley, Birmingham, a three-storey link detached property offers an investment opportunity.

It is set back from the road behind a forecourt with parking for numerous vehicles. Inside it has been converted to provide five separate self-contained flats. Two of the flats are currently let on Assured Shorthold Tenancies and three are vacant.

Flat three currently brings in £390pcm (£4,680 per annum). Flat five is let at £340pcm (£4,080 per annum). The current total rental income is £730 pcm (£8,760 per annum)

Flats one and two both have two bedrooms, flats three, four and five are all one-bedroom apartments.

At the back there is a lawned garden.

It has a guide price of £355,000 to £375,000.

In Birmingham Road, Walsall, there is a substantial family home on offer. It is semi-detached and set back from the road behind a walled front garden and driveway allowing for off road parking.

It has an entrance porch, hallway, lounge, rear reception room, dining room and kitchen to the ground floor. On the first floor there are four bedrooms and a bathroom. To the back there is a garden and brick built store.

It has a guide price of £200,000 to £220,000.

For more details call Cottons on 0121 247 2233 or look up auctions at www.cottons.co.uk