What type of property is Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU?

Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU is a 2-bedroom mid-terrace house.

What was the last sold price for Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU?

Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU last sold for £180,000 in June 2021, around 5 years ago. Before that, it sold for £115,000 in December 2009, so prices have been rising over 11 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU changed over time?

Across 2 sales between December 2009 and June 2021, Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU rose from £115,000 to £180,000, a change of £65,000. That works out to roughly +4% per year compounded over 11 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU?

The current EPC rating for Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU is F with a score of 23 out of 100, lodged in May 2011. The assessor estimates the property could reach a D. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU?

Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (454 sq ft), around 21 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 10% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in PL13 1AU. Source: EPC Register.

How is Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU heated?

The latest EPC at Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU records electricity as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Where is Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU located?

Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU sits in Looe. It falls within the PL13 postcode district.

Is Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU in a safe area?

Police records around Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 5 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 44% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU?

The closest primary school to Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU is Looe Primary Academy (817m). The closest secondary is Looe Community Academy (1.4km).

How well connected is Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU?

The closest bus stop to Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, PL13 1AU is The Square, 194m away. The nearest rail option is Looe Rail Station, 756m away.

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Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, Looe, PL13 1AU

Property type

Mid terrace

Floor Ground

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

42 m²

454 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 23

Tenure

Private Rental

Overview

About Lobster Pot Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Lobster Pot Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Looe (PL13 1AU). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 454 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 55), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£397/sq ft) was about 99.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £180,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Lobster Pot Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 May 2021

EPC Rating

F23

Main Heating

Electric

Main Fuel

Electric

Hot Water

Very Poor

Windows

Very Poor

CO2 Emissions

5.0 t/year

Occupancy

Rented

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Lobster Pot Cottage, Higher Chapel Street, Looe, PL13 1AU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Lobster Pot Cottage has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£182,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 11 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£180,000

Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 11 years.

Sales timeline

10 June 2021Most recent
£180,000
+56.5%over 11 years
18 December 2009
£115,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in PL13 1AU: £227,500 (2025–2018).

Nearby sales in PL13 1AU

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On the street

Versus other Higher Chapel Street homes

Four headline reads against 9 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Lobster Pot Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.

EPC Rating

23 (F)

Street avg 68 (D)

Strongly below

Floor Area

42 m²

Street avg 54 m²

Below

CO₂ Emissions

5.0 t/year

Street avg 2.9 t/year

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 2 rooms

Strongly above

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

The Square — bus stop.

Closest school

0.8 km

Looe Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.4dB

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Night-time road noise heatmap for PL13 1AU

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.7dB

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Everything within walking distance

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