The Cottage, Fillongley Road, Meriden, Coventry, CV7 7JX

The Cottage is a detached house in Meriden, Coventry, Coventry (CV7 7JX). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 3 certificates since October 2014. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 168 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £750,000 is 21.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£341/sq ft) was about 38.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £617,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.