Barcelona Cottage, Barcelona, Looe, PL13 2JU
About Barcelona Cottage
Barcelona Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Barcelona, Looe, Looe (PL13 2JU). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £621,000 in November 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year.
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Risks
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Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
Barcelona Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Barcelona Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Jul 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Retrospective application for: Replacement roof to existing conservatory, Construction of garage, summer house & studio store outbuildings
- Agent
- Steve Huckstep Architects
Retrospective- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- PA22/04354
- Jul 2022ConservatoryHeritageIn report
Listed building consent for - Retrospective application for: Replacement roof to existing conservatory, Construction of garage, summer house & studio store outbuildings
- Agent
- Steve Huckstep Architects
ListedRetrospectiveExtension- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- PA22/04355
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Sales history & valuation
Barcelona Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£629,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 24 years.
£621,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
11 November 2022Most recent
£621,000
+79.9%over 8 years16 June 2014
£345,200
+50.1%over 13 years24 May 2001
£230,000
+66.7%over 2 years26 January 1999
£138,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in PL13 2JU: £242,500 (2021–1997).
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Barcelona Cross — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Polperro Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB