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Get startedPillar Box Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Stock Green, Redditch, Redditch (B96 6TE). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced Redditch HPI: 3.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£652/sq ft) was about 122.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 114 m² it sits well below the postcode median (228 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold August 2020 for £800,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Pillar Box Cottage has been through 5 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
Construction of private manege
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£825,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.8% per year over 13 years.
£800,000
Growth on file: 3.8% per year over 13 years.
On price per m², Pillar Box Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£7,018
Street avg £3,348
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 186 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.5 km
Post Box — bus stop.
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Windows upgraded to triple glazing
More low energy lighting installed
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Implementation of planning approval W/02/01714/CU to convert threshing barn to residential annexe ancillary to pillar box cottage but to remove Condition 9 to allow the ancillary accommodation to be used independently from the main residence.
5 more applications for this property
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28 August 2020Most recent
£800,000
+41.6%over 7 years19 October 2012
£565,000
+13.6%over 4 years30 October 2007
£497,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in B96 6TE: £715,000 (2020–2013).
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 8.4 t/year
B96 6BG
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