42 Castle Lane, Solihull, B92 8DB

42 Castle Lane is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Solihull (B92 8DB). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

Sale prices here have outpaced Solihull HPI: 5.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£379/sq ft) was about 79.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £265,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 65 m² it's 22.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 24 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs).