Woodleigh Cottage, Vicarage Road, Leigh Woods, Bristol, BS8 3PH

Woodleigh Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Leigh Woods, Bristol, Bristol (BS8 3PH). It has a recorded floor area of 265 m² (around 2852 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

It hasn't traded since March 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 265 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,422,000 sits 436.6% above the 1995 sale of £265,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£93/sq ft) was about 66.7% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.