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

Broughton Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Meriden, Coventry, Coventry (CV7 7LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 28 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, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £553,000 is 42.9% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£281/sq ft) was about 28.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in February 2017.