Hill Farm House, Main Street, Brandon, Coventry, CV8 3HW

Hill Farm House is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Brandon, Coventry, Coventry (CV8 3HW). It has a recorded floor area of 270 m² (around 2906 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 270 m² the property is well over the postcode median (144 m² across 17 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). Across 1999–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 27% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £670,000 sits 50.6% above the 2007 sale of £445,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£153/sq ft) was about 32.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.