Old Chapel Cottage, North Street, Westbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8SP

Old Chapel Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Westbourne, Emsworth, Emsworth (PO10 8SP). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 8 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £787,000 is 33.4% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 60% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in September 2012.