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Davys Court, Swallow Cottage, Funtington, Chichester, PO18 9LG

3 sales on record1 planning record
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
4
From EPC
Floor area
74 m²
797 sq ft
Energy rating
F
Score 35
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Davys Court

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Davys Court is a detached house in Funtington, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 9LG). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 74 m² it's 21.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 15 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 2003. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £446,000 is 16% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£483/sq ft) was about 159.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £384,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

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Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Davys Court sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
F
F35
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
9.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Davys Court, Swallow Cottage, Funtington, Chichester, PO18 9LG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Davys Court has an approved front extension on the planning record.

  1. Jan 2003
    PorchFull
    In report

    Extension: Front of property

    Construction of porch to front door.

    Extension
    Documents
    27 docs on file
    Reference
    02/03187/DOM
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has at least doubled since 1997.

Current estimate

£446,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 24 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£384,500

Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 24 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 20 June 2021Most recent

    £384,500

    +22.1%over 3 years
  2. 17 November 2017

    £315,000

    +136.8%over 20 years
  3. 7 September 1997

    £133,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in PO18 9LG: £740,000 (2025–2021).

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On the street

Versus the street

Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Years Held for Davys Court lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£5,196

Street avg £8,357

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Floor Area

74 m²

Street avg 359 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 9 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

9.0 t/year

Street avg 14.2 t/year

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Chichester district page.

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

0.0 km

Watery Lane — bus stop.

Closest school

1.3 km

Funtington Primary School. 1 school nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PO18 9LG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for PO18 9LG

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

45.5dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for PO18 9LG

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.4dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Davys Court, Swallow Cottage, Funtington, Chichester, PO18 9LG. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.