Poates Cottage, The Square, Westbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8UE

Poates Cottage is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Westbourne, Emsworth, Emsworth (PO10 8UE). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since February 2015. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs.

At 68 m² it's 26.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £327,000 is 28.2% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£348/sq ft) was about 69.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in February 2017.