Ginnys Cottage, Fore Street, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2QR
About Ginnys Cottage
Ginnys Cottage is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Polperro, Looe, Looe (PL13 2QR). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a basement.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 74 m² it's 23.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 6 EPCs). Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£320/sq ft) was about 17.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £254,500 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Know exactly what you're buying at Ginnys Cottage
Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Already flagged here
Launch offer · save £5
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- BasementYes
Energy performance
Ginnys Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Ginnys Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- May 2009ConditionsIn report
Consent to discharge condition 2 (details of render and finish) of planning application 08/02081/FUL dated 10.03.09
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- E2/08/02081/DCND1
- Mar 2009RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed Building Consent for the removal of pebble dash and rendering of dwelling.
Listed- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- E2/08/02082/LBC
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Ginnys Cottage
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
30-day money-back guarantee
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Ginnys Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£273,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 27 years.
£254,500
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
24 November 2022Most recent
£254,500
+199.4%over 23 years28 April 1999
£85,000
+60.4%over 3 years22 December 1995
£53,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL13 2QR: £217,500 (2020–2007).
Nearby sales in PL13 2QR
Little Barn, Fore Street, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2QR
Sold Oct 2020
£247,500Crows Nest, Fore Street, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2QR
Sold Jun 2012
£217,500Cannery Flat, Fore Street, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2QR
Sold Feb 2008
£236,000Molyneux Cottage, Fore Street, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2QR
Sold Nov 2007
£207,500Pendene, Fore Street, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2QR
Sold May 2002
£230,000
Everything we know about Ginnys Cottage, 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
Floor Area for Ginnys Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
38 (F)
Street avg 28 (F)
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 52 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
Similar properties nearby
1 Carey Park, Killigarth
PL13 2JP
1 Barton Side, West Looe Hill
PL13 2HQ
1 Bay View, The Downs
PL13 2BD
1 Barn Meadow Park
PL13 2HU
1 Claremont Falls, Killigarth
PL13 2HT
1 Corner Cottages, Princes Square
PL13 2EW
1 Barton Meadow, Pelynt
PL13 2LW
1 Beech Terrace
PL13 2AQ
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
Village Centre — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Polperro Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB