Lapworth Park, Bushwood Lane, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 5PJ

Lapworth Park is a detached house in Lapworth, Solihull, Solihull (B94 5PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 302 m² (around 3251 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (September 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Today's modelled estimate of £1,452,000 is 45.4% below the 2022 sale of £2,661,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£819/sq ft) was about 177.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 302 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £2,661,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.