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Get started1 Lower House Cottages is a semi-detached house in Wickham, Fareham, Fareham (PO17 5ER). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in June 2019 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).
Today's modelled estimate of £504,000 sits 2091.3% above the 2021 sale of £23,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£14/sq ft) was about 92.4% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 151 m² it's 24.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (199 m² median across 3 EPCs). Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £23,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Refurbishment of existing detached outbuilding
1 Lower House Cottages's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2021).
£504,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£23,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
EPC Rating for 1 Lower House Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
79 (C)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
151 m²
Street avg 179 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Certificate of Lawfulness for replacement windows; insertion of windows and roof lights in rear elevation and re-tiling of roof
13 October 2021Most recent
£23,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in PO17 5ER: £482,500 (2018–1999).
Street avg 7.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
PO17 5LA
The Square — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Wickham Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB
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