Hideaway Cottage, Marlborough Road, Ryde, PO33 1AA
About Hideaway Cottage
Hideaway Cottage is a detached house in Ryde (PO33 1AA). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 71 m² it's 24.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 14 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Energy performance
Hideaway Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Jan 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
Hideaway Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- May 2021ConditionsIn report
Condition compliance application on 20/02178/LBC relating to condition 3 (window details)to be discharged
- Agent
- Craig Soutar Architecture
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/00560/DIS
- Feb 2021RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed building consent for replacement windows and doors
- Agent
- Craig Soutar Architecture
ListedNew Windows- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/02178/LBC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Hideaway Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£253,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO33 1AA: £280,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in PO33 1AA
5 Appley Farm, Marlborough Road, Ryde, PO33 1AA
Sold Oct 2024
£260,000Appley Farm, Elsie Cottage, Marlborough Road, Ryde, PO33 1AA
Sold Jul 2021
£280,0004 Marlborough Road, Ryde, PO33 1AA
Sold Mar 2021
£285,0005 Marlborough Road, Ryde, PO33 1AA
Sold Mar 2021
£410,00016 Marlborough Road, Ryde, PO33 1AA
Sold Jul 2019
£200,000
Versus other Marlborough Road homes
Hideaway Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
37 (F)
Street avg 69 (D)
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 94 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Arundel Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Oakfield Church of England Aided Primary School, Ryde. 8 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB







