Fern Cottage, 91 High Street, Alton, GU34 1LG
About Fern Cottage
Fern Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Alton (GU34 1LG). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.
At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (46 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £421,000 is 25.7% above the 2023 sale price. Last sale on file: £335,000 in May 2023.
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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
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Fern Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Fern Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Oct 2022RenovationFullIn report
Maintenance to existing roof
- Agent
- marshall arts design
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 21810/005
- Oct 2022HeritageIn report
Listed building consent for the maintenance of existing roof
- Agent
- marshall arts design
Listed- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 21810/006
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£421,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£335,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
4 May 2023Most recent
£335,000
Median price across the last 1 sales in GU34 1LG: £515,000 (2016–2016).
Nearby sales in GU34 1LG
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- Larger development activity nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Sainsburys — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School. 10 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
50.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB