Osborne House, Lower Chapel Street, Looe, PL13 1AT

Osborne House is an end-of-terrace house in Looe (PL13 1AT). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1798 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 167 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2002–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £421,000 is 29.5% above the 2009 sale price.