Brookside Cottage, Main Road, Ansty, Coventry, CV7 9JA

Brookside Cottage is a six-bedroom detached house in Ansty, Coventry, Coventry (CV7 9JA). It has a recorded floor area of 308 m² (around 3315 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and outbuildings. The home occupies a corner plot.

Held since February 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 308 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £570,000 sits 267.7% above the 1999 sale of £155,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£47/sq ft) was about 78.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.