Pepper Pot Cottage, School Lane, Compton, Chichester, PO18 9EZ
About Pepper Pot Cottage
Pepper Pot Cottage is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Compton, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 9EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
It hasn't traded since February 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £555,000 sits 282.8% above the 1998 sale of £145,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£133/sq ft) was about 56.6% below the postcode norm.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Pepper Pot Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Pepper Pot Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Pepper Pot Cottage
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Pepper Pot Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£555,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£145,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 February 1998Most recent
£145,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO18 9EZ: £550,000 (2024–2008).
Nearby sales in PO18 9EZ
1 Old School House, School Lane, Compton, Chichester, PO18 9EZ
Sold Apr 2024
£550,000Lavender Cottage, School Lane, Compton, Chichester, PO18 9EZ
Sold Dec 2022
£1,400,0005 School Lane, Compton, Chichester, PO18 9EZ
Sold Aug 2021
£675,0006 School Lane, Compton, Chichester, PO18 9EZ
Sold Dec 2011
£497,0003 Old School House, School Lane, Compton, Chichester, PO18 9EZ
Sold Sept 2006
£245,000
Everything we know about Pepper Pot 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 School Lane homes
Price per m² for Pepper Pot Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,436
Street avg £5,277
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.3 t/year
Street avg 5.4 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
0.1 km
Coach and Horses — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Compton and Up Marden CofE Primary School. 1 school 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
44.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB