The Cottage, Tower Hill, Looe, PL13 1DD

The Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Looe (PL13 1DD). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 84 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2009–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £243,000 is 36.5% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£197/sq ft) was about 33.8% below the postcode norm. On the market in July 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2010.