Drake Cottage, Bosham Lane, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8HP

Drake Cottage is a detached house in Bosham, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 8HP). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2008) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 182 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £1,206,000 sits 67.5% above the 2009 sale of £720,000. 6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused.