2 Orchard Cottages, Lavant, Chichester, PO18 0BQ

2 Orchard Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Lavant, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 0BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 25.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £360,000 sits 51.3% above the 2005 sale of £238,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£240/sq ft) was about 62.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 92 m² it sits well below the postcode median (170 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.