Keepers Cottage, Shawell Lane, Cotesbach, Lutterworth, LE17 4HR

Keepers Cottage is a semi-detached house in Cotesbach, Lutterworth, Lutterworth (LE17 4HR). It has a recorded floor area of 236 m² (around 2540 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2016 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£274/sq ft) was about 48.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 236 m² the property is well over the postcode median (135 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold July 2022 for £695,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.