Keytes Cottage is a semi-detached house in Bascote, Southam, Southam (CV47 2DU). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 20% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 156 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 6 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. Most recent transfer was January 2025 at £501,000 — fresh data.
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Keytes Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Keytes Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Keytes Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£547,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.4% per year over 20 years.
£501,000
Growth on file: 2.4% per year over 20 years.
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Years Held for Keytes Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,212
Street avg £2,782
Floor Area
156 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
1.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
27 January 2025Most recent
£501,000
+59.0%over 19 years14 June 2005
£315,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV47 2DU: £279,000 (2024–2015).

CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
Station Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Southam College. 5 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB