4 Watercress Cottages, Dark Lane, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke, RG24 9HR
About 4 Watercress Cottages
4 Watercress Cottages is a semi-detached house in Sherborne St. John, Basingstoke, Basingstoke (RG24 9HR). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft). The latest certificate (December 2019) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 96).
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£509/sq ft) was about 46.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £520,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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4 Watercress Cottages's carbon output is low for the local stock.
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Planning history
4 Watercress Cottages has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2023ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Proposed rear conservatory
- Agent
- FILBERT DESIGNS
Extension- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00428/HSE
- Jun 2021RenovationFullIn report
Installation of roller shutter doors to existing carports
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/00019/HSE
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Sales history & valuation
4 Watercress Cottages saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£531,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.5% per year over 3 years.
£520,000
Growth on file: 9.5% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
25 November 2022Most recent
£520,000
+22508.7%over 2 years13 October 2020
£2,300
-99.4%over 9 months8 January 2020
£400,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG24 9HR: £2,300 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in RG24 9HR
Coudray House, Dark Lane, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke, RG24 9HR
Sold Feb 2023
£1,424,9991 Watercress Cottages, Dark Lane, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke, RG24 9HR
Sold Jan 2023
£525,0005 Watercress Cottages, Dark Lane, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke, RG24 9HR
Sold Oct 2020
£2,3003 Watercress Cottages, Dark Lane, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke, RG24 9HR
Sold Oct 2020
£2,3002 Watercress Cottages, Dark Lane, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke, RG24 9HR
Sold Oct 2020
£2,300
Versus other Dark Lane homes
On price per m², 4 Watercress Cottages stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,474
Street avg £2,181
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 97 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.4 t/year
Street avg 2.3 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 8 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Sherborne Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Sherborne St John Church of England Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB