Bidden Cottage, Bidden Road, Upton Grey, Basingstoke, RG25 2RW
About Bidden Cottage
Bidden Cottage is a detached house in Upton Grey, Basingstoke, Basingstoke (RG25 2RW). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1765 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in October 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £933,000 sits 133.3% above the 1999 sale of £400,000. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2008.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Bidden Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Sept 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Feb 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Erection of a single storey front/side extension
- Agent
- S Kendrick
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- BDB/67532
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Bidden Cottage has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£933,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£400,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 October 1999Most recent
£400,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in RG25 2RW: £605,000 (2001–1999).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.1 km
The Hoddington Arms — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB