Beechwood Cottage, Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, CV7 7DG
About Beechwood Cottage
Beechwood Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Berkswell, Coventry, Coventry (CV7 7DG). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 141 m² it sits well below the postcode median (232 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 9 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £815,000 is 35.8% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£395/sq ft) was about 83.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £600,000 in December 2019.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms5
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- LandYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Beechwood Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Beechwood Cottage has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
9 applications on record at Beechwood Cottage, Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, CV7 7DG
- Mar 2000FullOutcome in report
Retrospective application for retention of hardcore vehicular access track
Retrospective- Reference
- PL/2000/00846/FULL
- More recent applications — locked
- PorchMar 2024Decision
- AnnexNov 2020Decision
+ 6 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Beechwood Cottage's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£815,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -0.3% per year over 15 years.
£600,000
Growth on file: -0.3% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
19 December 2019Most recent
£600,000
-4.6%over 15 years1 July 2004
£629,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV7 7DG: £460,000 (2019–2009).
Nearby sales in CV7 7DG
The Pines, Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, CV7 7DG
Sold Jan 2019
£707,500Avondale, Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, CV7 7DG
Sold Dec 2017
£425,000Penard, Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, CV7 7DG
Sold May 2013
£475,000Willows, Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, CV7 7DG
Sold Mar 2012
£460,000Kainga, Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, CV7 7DG
Sold Mar 2009
£355,000
Versus other Hodgetts Lane homes
Beechwood Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,255
Street avg £2,143
Floor Area
141 m²
Street avg 280 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 9.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
1.5 km
Berkswell Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
1.9 km
Heart of England School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB







