Orchard House, Cot Lane, Chidham, Chichester, PO18 8ST

Orchard House is a detached house in Chidham, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 8ST). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Today's modelled estimate of £1,128,000 is 20.8% below the 2022 sale of £1,425,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£727/sq ft) was about 121.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold September 2022 for £1,425,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.