Minack Cottage, Weston Road, Upton Grey, Basingstoke, RG25 2RJ

Minack Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Upton Grey, Basingstoke, Basingstoke (RG25 2RJ). It has a recorded floor area of 225 m² (around 2422 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since March 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 225 m² the property is well over the postcode median (166 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £886,000 sits 109.7% above the 2006 sale of £422,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 47.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.