42 De Montfort Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1DE
About 42 De Montfort Road
42 De Montfort Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Kenilworth (CV8 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 134 m² it's 19.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 15 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. A recent sale: £650,000 in April 2025. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2007. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£451/sq ft) was about 87% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
Energy performance
42 De Montfort Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2007Garage ConversionFullIn report
Conversion of car port to study and pitched roof over garage and kitchen
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- W/07/0492
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 42 De Montfort Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£634,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£650,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 April 2025Most recent
£650,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV8 1DE: £437,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in CV8 1DE
55 De Montfort Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1DE
Sold Feb 2025
£357,50039 De Montfort Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1DE
Sold Oct 2024
£437,00034 De Montfort Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1DE
Sold Dec 2021
£450,00026 De Montfort Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1DE
Sold Nov 2021
£595,00051 De Montfort Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1DE
Sold Feb 2021
£425,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other De Montfort Road homes
42 De Montfort Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,851
Street avg £3,306
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 124 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Rose Croft — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Priors Field Primary School. 9 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB