The Cottage In The Wall, Top Flat, Dawley Road, Hayes, UB3 1EF
About The Cottage In The Wall
The Cottage In The Wall is a detached house in Hayes (UB3 1EF). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Today's modelled estimate of £279,000 is 91.3% below the 2021 sale of £3,200,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. Sold July 2021 for £3,200,000. 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
The Cottage In The Wall's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Cottage In The Wall has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
8applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at The Cottage In The Wall
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£279,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£3,200,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 July 2021Most recent
£3,200,000
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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
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Botwell Common Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Wood End Park Academy. 36 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.7dB