Wenmouth Cottage, West Looe Hill, Looe, PL13 2HQ

Wenmouth Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Looe (PL13 2HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£498/sq ft) was about 171.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2021 for £225,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.