3 Bookers Lane, Earnley, Chichester, PO20 7JG

3 Bookers Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Earnley, Chichester, Chichester (PO20 7JG). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in July 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Chichester HPI: 10.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £675,000 sits 175.5% above the 2007 sale of £245,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£141/sq ft) was about 55.9% below the postcode norm. At 161 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.