Holmstead, Bracklesham Lane, Bracklesham Bay, Chichester, PO20 8HP

Holmstead is a five-bedroom detached house in Bracklesham Bay, Chichester, Chichester (PO20 8HP). It has a recorded floor area of 206 m² (around 2217 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Other recorded features include outbuildings.

Sale prices here have outpaced Chichester HPI: 11.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,050,000 is 19.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£397/sq ft) was about 108.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 206 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £880,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.