16 Gorse Lea is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Southam (CV47 0LG). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 834 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Held since October 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £254,000 is 43.5% above the 2010 sale price.
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16 Gorse Lea's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Jan 2019
16 Gorse Lea has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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16 Gorse Lea has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.
£254,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 11 years.
£177,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 11 years.
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What we flagged
On price per m², 16 Gorse Lea runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,284
Street avg £3,248
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
20 October 2010Most recent
£177,000
+32.6%over 8 years19 April 2002
£133,500
+62.8%over 2 years5 November 1999
£82,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV47 0LG: £212,000 (2022–2014).

CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
CV47 0JD
Mill Crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Southam College. 6 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB