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

Trudgetts Cottage is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Westbourne, Emsworth, Emsworth (PO10 8UE). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Last changed hands 10 years ago, in September 2016. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 76 m² it's 17.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 11 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £329,000 is 24.2% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£324/sq ft) was about 73.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.