Brailes Cottage, Leys Lane, Meriden, Coventry, CV7 7LQ

Brailes Cottage is a detached house in Meriden, Coventry, Coventry (CV7 7LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in May 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £490,000 sits 421.3% above the 1996 sale of £94,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 33.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 33 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.