12 Rosehip Way, Lychpit, Basingstoke, RG24 8SW

12 Rosehip Way is a semi-detached house in Lychpit, Basingstoke, Basingstoke (RG24 8SW). It has a recorded floor area of 25 m² (around 269 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. At 25 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (25–75 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 27 units on file. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

At 25 m² it sits well below the postcode median (40 m² across 26 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £102,000 is 17.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 26.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £87,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.