Fuchsia Cottage, North Street, Westbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8SP

Fuchsia Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Westbourne, Emsworth, Emsworth (PO10 8SP). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold June 2021 for £530,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £592,000 is 11.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£335/sq ft) was about 29.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.