Yew Tree House, Old Warwick Road, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 6AP

Yew Tree House is a five-bedroom detached house in Lapworth, Solihull, Solihull (B94 6AP). It has a recorded floor area of 266 m² (around 2863 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 266 m² the property is well over the postcode median (121 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£437/sq ft) was about 20% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £1,250,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.