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Get startedQueens Bower Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Queen Bower, Sandown, Sandown (PO36 0NY). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a G (score 13), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2015); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.
At 67 m² it sits well below the postcode median (125 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £557,000 is 31.1% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£589/sq ft) was about 183.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (May 2016).
Queens Bower Cottage 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Jun 2025
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolition of conservatory; proposed single storey rear extension to form garden room; alterations to existing dwelling and conversion of garage to provide additional living accommodation (revised plans)
Queens Bower Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£557,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£425,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Price per m² for Queens Bower Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,343
Street avg £2,301
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 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
0.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.3dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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31 May 2016Most recent
£425,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO36 0NY: £457,660 (2023–2010).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
PO36 0LR
Hairpin Bend — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Newchurch Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB