Grantham Lodge, Barbican Hill, Looe, PL13 1BH

Grantham Lodge is a four-bedroom detached house in Looe (PL13 1BH). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2012) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony and notable views.

It hasn't traded since October 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £407,000 sits 307% above the 1997 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£61/sq ft) was about 78.1% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.