Lazy Meadow, North Street, Westbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8SR

Lazy Meadow is a four-bedroom detached house in Westbourne, Emsworth, Emsworth (PO10 8SR). It has a recorded floor area of 281 m² (around 3025 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2023) returns a high B (score 91), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in February 2021 the rating was F, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 281 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £893,000 is 12.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£263/sq ft) was about 32.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £795,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.