The Red House, Lock Lane, Birdham, Chichester, PO20 7BB

The Red House is a four-bedroom detached house in Birdham, Chichester, Chichester (PO20 7BB). It has a recorded floor area of 181 m² (around 1948 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include notable views and a conservatory. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced Chichester HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£821/sq ft) was about 78.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 181 m² it sits well below the postcode median (301 m² across 9 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. 7 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: September 2023 at £1,600,000.