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Get startedThe Old Bird & Ham is a detached house in Birdham, Chichester, Chichester (PO20 7HS). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1328 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2012) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 47). The latest certificate is from January 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Chichester HPI: 2.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £659,000 sits 67.9% above the 2013 sale of £392,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£296/sq ft) was about 19.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 12 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a porch, an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 13 years since the last transfer (October 2013).
The Old Bird & Ham sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Jan 2022
The Old Bird & Ham has been through 6 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
Discharge of condition 3 from BI/19/00752/LBC- method statement.
The Old Bird & Ham valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£659,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.3% per year over 11 years.
£392,500
Growth on file: 2.3% per year over 11 years.
On epc rating, The Old Bird & Ham runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,182
Street avg £2,452
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 132 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB

Strip back and remove old render, make good and old brick work re-pointed. Original brick and stonework wall repainted white.
10 more applications for this property
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15 October 2013Most recent
£392,500
+30.4%over 11 years10 May 2002
£301,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO20 7HS: £520,000 (2025–2015).
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CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
PO20 7LU
Old Common Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Birdham CE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB
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