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Get startedSparrow Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Birdham, Chichester, Chichester (PO20 7HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1774 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2011) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 165 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in January 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years. Today's modelled estimate of £919,000 is 43.6% above the 2015 sale price.
Sparrow Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Jun 2021
Notification of intention to re-pollard (back to previous points), remove limbs at ground level and up 1.5m height, and crown thin by approx. 10-20% on approx. on 14-16 no. Crack Willow (Salix fragilis) trees (shown at A1 on the plan).
Sparrow Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£919,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£640,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Floor Area for Sparrow Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
43 (E)
Street avg 44 (E)
Floor Area
165 m²
Street avg 79 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB

Replacement single/double glazed windows and doors.
5 more applications for this property
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14 January 2015Most recent
£640,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO20 7HZ: £295,000 (2008–1998).
Street avg 6.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
PO20 7QN
Mill — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Birdham CE Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB
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