1 Drawbridge Cottages, Old Warwick Road, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 6AP

1 Drawbridge Cottages is a three-bedroom detached house in Lapworth, Solihull, Solihull (B94 6AP). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a G (score 14), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include a balcony and a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since July 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 118 m² it's 17.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (143 m² median across 9 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £637,000 sits 68.5% above the 2006 sale of £378,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 18.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.