Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
2 Portway Cottages, Portway Lane, Wigginton, Tamworth, B79 9LA
1 planning record
Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
10
From EPC
Floor area
259 m²
2788 sq ft
Energy rating
G
Score 12
Council tax
Band G
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About 2 Portway Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
2 Portway Cottages is a semi-detached house in Wigginton, Tamworth, Tamworth (B79 9LA). It has a recorded floor area of 259 m² (around 2788 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows a G (score 12), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 50), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 259 m² the property is well over the postcode median (172 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2002.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
2 Portway Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Feb 2023
Current Certificate
Feb 2013EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
G12
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
20.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Expired on 25 February 2023
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Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC GPre-1919 buildExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)No mains gasSolid (non-cavity) walls
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 2 Portway Cottages, Portway Lane, Wigginton, Tamworth, B79 9LA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
1 application on record at 2 Portway Cottages, Portway Lane, Wigginton, Tamworth, B79 9LA
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- Jun 2002OutbuildingFullOutcome in report
Erection of block of wooden stables (3), hay storage and tack room
- Reference
- 02/00510/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
2 Portway Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£747,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in B79 9LA: £320,000 (2021–2016).
Nearby sales in B79 9LA
1 Dunnimere Farm Cottages, Portway Lane, Wigginton, Tamworth, B79 9LA
Sold Aug 2021
£300,000Portway Farm, Portway Lane, Wigginton, Tamworth, B79 9LA
Sold May 2021
£250,0001 Portway Cottages, Portway Lane, Wigginton, Tamworth, B79 9LA
Sold Sept 2016
£384,000Dunnimere Farm, The Forge, Portway Lane, Wigginton, Tamworth, B79 9LA
Sold Feb 2007
£540,000Dunnimere Farm, The Farmhouse, Portway Lane, Wigginton, Tamworth, B79 9LA
Sold May 2006
£655,000
Versus other Portway Lane homes
Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for 2 Portway Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
12 (G)
Street avg 48 (E)
Floor Area
259 m²
Street avg 236 m²
CO₂ Emissions
20.0 t/year
Street avg 12.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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Crime
144/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.6 km
St Matthews Church — bus stop.
Closest school
2.7 km
The Howard Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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