Greystone Cottage is a semi-detached house in Napton, Southam, Southam (CV47 8NB). It has a recorded floor area of 242 m² (around 2602 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). The latest certificate is from October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 15 years, with the last transfer in February 2011. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £569,000 sits 76.7% above the 2011 sale of £322,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£124/sq ft) was about 54.1% below the postcode norm. At 242 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs).
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Greystone Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Oct 2020
Greystone Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Greystone Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£569,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.1% per year over 15 years.
£322,000
Growth on file: 9.1% per year over 15 years.
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What we flagged
Greystone Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,332
Street avg £3,377
Floor Area
242 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
12 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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
25 February 2011Most recent
£322,000
-8.0%over 5 years8 December 2005
£350,000
+84.2%over 6 years22 March 1999
£190,000
+115.9%over 2 years19 April 1996
£88,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV47 8NB: £387,500 (2024–2016).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.4 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
CV47 8NN
Crown — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB