Highwood is a five-bedroom detached house in Southam (CV47 0LT). It has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (around 1744 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 178.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. At 162 m² it's 16.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (195 m² median across 7 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £795,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at Highwood.
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Highwood has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2009.
£796,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.4% per year over 13 years.
£795,000
Growth on file: 9.4% per year over 13 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Price per m² for Highwood runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,907
Street avg £2,399
Floor Area
162 m²
Street avg 207 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Newstead Drive — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
Proposal for side extension for garage, previous application approved.
Proposal for side extension for garage and conversion of existing Garage to Living Accommodation, new enlarged porch area and internal alterations.
16 September 2022Most recent
£795,000
+218.0%over 12 years4 November 2009
£249,999
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV47 0LT: £477,250 (2022–2013).

Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
CV47 0HQ
Closest school
0.8 km
Southam Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB