5 Hillyard Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Southam (CV47 0LA). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 48). Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£282/sq ft) was about 70.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 141 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 8 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £427,500 in July 2024.
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5 Hillyard Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
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Latest sale on 5 Hillyard Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£467,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.0% per year over 20 years.
£427,500
Growth on file: 3.0% per year over 20 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
5 Hillyard Road is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£3,032
Street avg £2,873
Floor Area
141 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Construct new class E garage. Relocate the existing class E outbuilding
Subdivision of existing residential plot and the creation of one additional three-bed detached dwelling with associated parking
26 July 2024Most recent
£427,500
+81.9%over 20 years28 April 2004
£235,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV47 0LA: £280,000 (2022–2016).

CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
CV47 0HQ
Mill Crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Southam College. 6 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB