Five Trees, The Coombes, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2RH
About Five Trees
Five Trees is a three-bedroom detached house in Polperro, Looe, Looe (PL13 2RH). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2014 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 110 m² it's 28.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 16 EPCs). Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £533,000 is 12.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£401/sq ft) was about 94.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £475,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Five Trees's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Replaced storage heaters with gas boiler
Fuel source changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Mar 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Removal of chimney, construction of single-storey extension (to the South of property) and additional blockwork leaf and increase in roof (to the East) at Five Trees, The Coombes, Polperro, PL13 2RH.
- Agent
- JV Architectural Services Ltd
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- PA23/01000
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Five Trees was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£533,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.6% per year over 7 years.
£475,000
Growth on file: 9.6% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
20 September 2022Most recent
£475,000
+34.9%over 5 years6 July 2017
£352,000
+39.1%over 1 year3 November 2015
£253,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL13 2RH: £220,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in PL13 2RH
Sundene, The Coombes, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2RH
Sold Dec 2024
£220,000Overbrook, The Coombes, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2RH
Sold Jun 2023
£205,000Witsend, The Coombes, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2RH
Sold Jun 2023
£260,000Morwenna, The Coombes, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2RH
Sold Feb 2021
£310,000Riversdale, The Coombes, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2RH
Sold Jul 2020
£180,000
Everything we know about Five Trees, 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 The Coombes homes
Price per m² for Five Trees runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,318
Street avg £2,490
Floor Area
110 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 8.1 t/year
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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
Surgery — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Polperro Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB