161 Canley Road, Coventry, CV5 6AS

161 Canley Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Coventry (CV5 6AS). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

Sale prices here have outpaced Coventry HPI: 6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 28.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £590,000 in December 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 7 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.