1 Bird In Hand Court, Mill Lane, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 6JX

1 Bird In Hand Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Lapworth, Solihull, Solihull (B94 6JX). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. At 78 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (78–83 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sold August 2019 for £270,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 78 m² it's 23.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 8 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £326,000 is 20.7% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£322/sq ft) was about 17% above the typical sold price in the postcode.