The Cottage, Cannon Heath, Overton, Basingstoke, RG25 3EJ

The Cottage is a detached house in Overton, Basingstoke, Basingstoke (RG25 3EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 344 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2003-2006. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 32 m² it sits well below the postcode median (109 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £785,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.