Willow Cottage is a detached house in Fenny Compton, Southam, Southam (CV47 2YH). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Willow Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Willow Cottage has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
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Willow Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£435,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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What we flagged
Willow Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
36 (F)
Street avg 49 (E)
Floor Area
131 m²
Street avg 75 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
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
43.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey
Completion of extension at first floor level above utility room.
Extension: Rear of property
Erection of lounge extension to rear of cottage
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV47 2YH: £180,000 (2022–2017).

Street avg 6.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Co-op — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
The Dassett CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB