5 Mill Lane is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Fenny Compton, Southam, Southam (CV47 2YF). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2020 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 90.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 63 m² it sits well below the postcode median (173 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold September 2021 for £315,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
5 Mill Lane has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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5 Mill Lane has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£343,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 27 years.
£315,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 27 years.
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5 Mill Lane is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
Price per m²
£5,000
Street avg £3,198
Floor Area
63 m²
Street avg 148 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Fuel source changed
Window efficiency improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
30 September 2021Most recent
£315,000
+13.1%over 10 months27 November 2020
£278,500
+42.8%over 12 years27 November 2008
£195,000
-2.5%over 2 years12 June 2006
£199,950
+51.5%over 4 years23 November 2001
£132,000
+3.9%over 1 year28 April 2000
£127,000
+98.4%over 5 years31 March 1995
£64,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV47 2YF: £475,000 (2025–2022).
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Sold Aug 2025
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Sold Jul 2025
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Sold Mar 2024
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Sold Jan 2024
4 The Paddock Mill Lane Fenny Compton Southam
Sold Apr 2022

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
CV47 2YE
Co-op — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
The Dassett CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB