5 Birdhaven Close, Banbury Road, Lighthorne, Warwick, CV35 0BE

5 Birdhaven Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Lighthorne, Warwick, Warwick (CV35 0BE). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

Last sale on file: £239,950 in March 2020. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 11 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 69 m² it's 23.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (56 m² median across 28 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £315,000 is 31.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 59.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.