Vine Cottage, Princes Street, Looe, PL13 2ER

Vine Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Looe (PL13 2ER). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 387 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 36 m² it's 21.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (46 m² median across 14 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £637,000 is 27.4% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,291/sq ft) was about 434.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2018 for £500,000.