Flete Cottage, Critchfield Road, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8HH
About Flete Cottage
Flete Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Bosham, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 8HH). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 87 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 32 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £557,000 is 17.3% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£507/sq ft) was about 92% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2018 at £475,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- GarageYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Heating systemGas
Energy performance
Flete Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2019PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Demolition of garage and erection of single storey side extension with porch with alterations to fenestration.
Extension- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/01218/DOM
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.
£557,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 19 years.
£475,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
23 October 2018Most recent
£475,000
+191.4%over 18 years18 January 2000
£163,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO18 8HH: £475,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in PO18 8HH
22 Critchfield Road, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8HH
Sold Apr 2024
£475,00031 Critchfield Road, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8HH
Sold Nov 2023
£220,00024 Critchfield Road, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8HH
Sold Mar 2023
£475,00030 Critchfield Road, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8HH
Sold Oct 2021
£630,00037 Critchfield Road, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8HH
Sold Mar 2021
£295,000
Everything we know about Flete Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Critchfield Road homes
Flete Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£5,460
Street avg £3,524
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.2 km
Sunny Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Bosham Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB