Orchard Cottage, Prinsted Lane, Prinsted, Emsworth, PO10 8HR

Orchard Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Prinsted, Emsworth, Emsworth (PO10 8HR). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1424 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

It hasn't traded since February 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £578,000 sits 51.7% above the 2010 sale of £381,030. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£268/sq ft) was about 26.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.