Gate House, Fore Street, West Looe, Looe, PL13 2HA
About Gate House
Gate House is a detached house in West Looe, Looe, Looe (PL13 2HA). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1431 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 133 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £526,000 is 19% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£309/sq ft) was about 42.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £441,995. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2013.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Gate House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 May 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2013RenovationFullIn report
Change wooden balcony railings for glass and steel
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- PA13/00708
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£526,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.1% per year over 17 years.
£441,995
Growth on file: 3.1% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
28 March 2021Most recent
£441,995
+33.9%over 2 years15 July 2018
£330,000
+24.1%over 14 years26 May 2004
£266,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL13 2HA: £330,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in PL13 2HA
Penlore House, Fore Street, West Looe, Looe, PL13 2HA
Sold Jan 2024
£310,0001 Bassetts Court, Fore Street, West Looe, Looe, PL13 2HA
Sold Dec 2023
£150,000Islander Cottage, Fore Street, West Looe, Looe, PL13 2HA
Sold Oct 2023
£330,000The Old Dairy, Fore Street, West Looe, Looe, PL13 2HA
Sold Oct 2022
£418,000The Cornish Arms Cottage, Fore Street, West Looe, Looe, PL13 2HA
Sold Aug 2019
£360,000
Everything we know about Gate House, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Fore Street homes
Gate House outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,325
Street avg £3,266
Floor Area
133 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Fire Station — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Looe Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB