1 Kingswood Cottage, Old Warwick Road, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 6LX

1 Kingswood Cottage is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Lapworth, Solihull, Solihull (B94 6LX). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in June 2013 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 51 m² it's 16.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 12 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £368,000 is 15% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£583/sq ft) was about 126.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £320,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.