Smugglers Cottage, Church Road, Westbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8UA

Smugglers Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Westbourne, Emsworth, Emsworth (PO10 8UA). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1301 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2010) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 44). The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

At 121 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 7 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. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer was February 2025 at £785,000 — fresh data. 10 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, an extension, a porch and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£604/sq ft) was about 112.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.