Carriers Cottage, Compton, Chichester, PO18 9EX

Carriers Cottage is a detached house in Compton, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 9EX). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1008 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2010) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 30). Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from May 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since August 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. At 94 m² it sits well below the postcode median (146 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £658,000 sits 88% above the 2010 sale of £350,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£347/sq ft) was about 17.3% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.