Dene Cottage, Lansallos Street, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2QU
About Dene Cottage
Dene Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Polperro, Looe, Looe (PL13 2QU). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 84 m² the property is well over the postcode median (44 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2024. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£431/sq ft) was about 57% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £390,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Dene Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Nov 2024RenovationFullIn report
Replacement of windows
- Agent
- JV Architectural Services Ltd
New Windows- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- PA24/07089
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- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged
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Sales history & valuation
Dene Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£424,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 25 years.
£390,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
23 June 2022Most recent
£390,000
+14.9%over 3 years11 April 2019
£339,404
+294.7%over 21 years19 December 1997
£86,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL13 2QU: £292,500 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in PL13 2QU
Crabbers Rest, Lansallos Street, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2QU
Sold Oct 2025
£292,500Pendennis, Lansallos Street, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2QU
Sold Jun 2024
£145,0007 Lansallos Street, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2QU
Sold Apr 2023
£395,000Couchs House, Lansallos Street, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2QU
Sold Dec 2022
£463,000Jews Bank Cottage, Lansallos Street, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2QU
Sold Oct 2022
£210,000
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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
- Environmental risk flagged

Versus other Lansallos Street homes
Dene Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
45 (E)
Street avg 46 (E)
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 38 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 2.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
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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
0.2 km
Village Centre — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Polperro Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB