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Get startedThe 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.
The Red House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
The Red House has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
Discharge of condition 3 and 4 from planning permission BI/18/01445/LBC.
The Red House has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£1,457,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 26 years.
£1,600,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 26 years.
On epc rating, The Red House runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£8,840
Street avg £7,199
Floor Area
181 m²
Street avg 485 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 10 rooms
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
0.9 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
40.5dB

Discharge of condition 4 from planning permission BI/18/01444/DOM.
5 more applications for this property
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20 September 2023Most recent
£1,600,000
+28.0%over 10 years7 August 2013
£1,250,000
+77.3%over 9 years20 October 2003
£705,000
+171.2%over 5 years31 October 1997
£260,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO20 7BB: £2,750,000 (2025–2016).
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CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 10.9 t/year
PO20 7QN
Sidlesham Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Birdham CE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.2dB
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