Rose Cottage, Yew Tree Road, North Waltham, Basingstoke, RG25 2BX

Rose Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in North Waltham, Basingstoke, Basingstoke (RG25 2BX). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 772 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2008) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 36). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from December 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (110 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. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2009–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £571,000 is 16.5% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£634/sq ft) was about 142.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2019 for £490,000.