Wisteria Cottage, Fernhill Lane, Balsall Common, Coventry, CV7 7AN

Wisteria Cottage is a detached house in Balsall Common, Coventry, Coventry (CV7 7AN). It has a recorded floor area of 313 m² (around 3369 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 313 m² the property is well over the postcode median (170 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs). 8 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,258,000 is 29% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£289/sq ft) was about 19.2% below the postcode norm. Sold June 2021 for £975,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.