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

4 Kingswood Cottage is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Lapworth, Solihull, Solihull (B94 6LX). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (61 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £230,000 in June 2020. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £294,000 is 27.8% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£509/sq ft) was about 97.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.