Lights, camera, action … CPBigwood’s latest auction is set to appear on popular BBC daytime TV programme “Homes Under the Hammer”.

And the producers will have plenty of houses and flats to choose from after brisk bidding saw sales totalling £8.6 million, set to rise to £9 million with post auction deals.

Lots will feature in the next series as presenters Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander follow them through with purchasers, focussing on their plans for the properties, renovations and whether they are destined to become a loving home or are returned to the market via a sale or let.

Will they feature Brooklyn, 123 Station Road, Wylde Green, which had a particularly interesting history?

You will have to watch to find out.

The 100-year-old Birmingham home – still in the same family and something of a time capsule – was among those which went under the hammer at the Holte Suite, Aston Villa.

The substantial three storey semi-detached property has never truly been modernised, so retains many period features.

It was built in 1905 by the vendor’s great grandfather William Lee and had subsequently been passed down various family members. Mr Lee was himself a builder who was responsible for a great number of properties in north Birmingham and surrounding areas.

Jonathan Hackett, CPBigwood partner and head of auctions, explained: “For many years Brooklyn was a controlled tenancy which left no money for improvements and one of the residents turned into a virtual recluse who just wanted to be left alone causing problems gaining access, so little work was ever done.

“The result of this is that the property was never ‘got at’ and retains many of its original features thereby giving a unique opportunity for someone to restore it.”

Naturally ‘Brooklyn’ was described in the particulars as “in need of modernisation throughout”.

The accommodation comprises hall with store, two reception rooms, breakfast room, kitchen, lean-to store & WC on the ground floor; first floor landing, three bedrooms, bathroom/WC; and second floor landing with store and two bedrooms.

“It is a fantastic story,” said Mr Hackett. “It is a bit like going back in time but it is in a great area and, with some money spent on it plus some tender loving care, it could be the most tremendous family home. An opportunity to obtain a property with real character.”

And it appears the purchaser agreed because it went for £278,000, 39 per cent over the guide.

Indeed it comes with many of the original documents including the conveyance for the plot of land on which it stands.

A total of 111 lots were offered and 79 sold, representing a 72 per cent success rate.

All the Birmingham and Wolverhampton city council ones were sold as were 100 per cent of ground rents, 100 per cent of commercial investments and 92 per cent of land and developments sites.

Birmingham properties which went for above the guide price included Perry Beeches Methodist Church, Thornbridge Avenue, which sold for £260,000, 225 per cent ahead and despite a problem over Japanese Knotweed.

CPBigwood senior partner Rory Daly commented: “Bidding on the church was incredibly competitive. It came down to a battle between the last two bidders and became so exciting and tense that when I knocked it down to the successful one the whole room burst into spontaneous applause – which is something that just doesn’t happen at property auctions!”

Others were 241 Portland Road, Edgbaston, three bedroom detached, guide £180,000, sold for £264,000; 9 The Crescent, Colville Road, Sparkbrook, also a three bedroom detached, guide £40,000, over 100 viewings, sold for £106,000, 165 per cent over guide; and land off Waverhill Road, Handsworth, guide £30,000, sold for £102,000, 240 per cent above.

But it was the Black Country which was the star of the show.

Deals included land adjacent to 1 Slater Street, Bilston, guide £20,000, sold for £51,000; garage site beside 1 Carlton Avenue, Bilston, £28,000, £44,000; 102 The Lindens, off Newbridge Crescent, Wolverhampton, a ground floor flat, £39,000, £61,000; 17 Cromwell Drive, Dudley, three bedroom semi-detached, £45,000, £70,000; 17 Byrne Road, Wolverhampton, two bedroom mid-terrace, £29,000, £57,000, 97 per cent over guide; 53 Dunkirk Avenue, West Bromwich, three bedroom terrace, £49,000, £87,000, 79 per cent over guide; 17 Myrtle Terrace, Tipton, two bedroom semi-detached bungalow, £39,000, £71,000, 82 per cent over guide; 126 Ivanhoe Street, Dudley, two bedroom mid-terrace, £29,000, £51,500; 49 Birmingham New Road, Tipton, three bedroom semi-detached, £55,000, £85,000; 27 Victory Avenue, Wednesbury, three bedroom semi-detached, £49,000, £83,000; 79 Moseley Road, Wolverhampton, £39,000, £79,500, 104 per cent over guide; 28 Pennyhill Lane, West Bromwich, three bedroom semi-detached, over 200 viewings, £50,000, £140,000, 180 per cent over guide; 207 Prestwood Road, Wolverhampton, two bedroom end terrace, £29,000, £65,000, 124 per cent over guide; 1 Springhill Avenue, Penn, Wolverhampton, three bedroom semi-detached, over 150 viewings, £50,000, £115,000, 130 per cent over guide; and 5 Jeffrey Avenue, Wolverhampton, three bedroom semi-detached, £49,000, £91,000, 86 per cent over guide.

And the boat came in for Pelsall Stop, adjoining Friars Bridge, a derelict former gauging stop and toll house beside the Wyrley and Essington Canal, guide price £7,000, sold for £18,000.