17 The Croft, Meriden, Coventry, CV7 7NQ

17 The Croft is a five-bedroom detached house in Meriden, Coventry, Coventry (CV7 7NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2004–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £496,000 sits 77.1% above the 2010 sale of £280,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£181/sq ft) was about 24.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.