Balstone Farm Cottage, Ibworth, Tadley, RG26 5TJ
About Balstone Farm Cottage
Balstone Farm Cottage is a detached house in Ibworth, Tadley, Tadley (RG26 5TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 445 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 27). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (124 m² across 5 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. 7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, an annexe and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
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Energy performance
Balstone Farm Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 May 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Feb 2013AnnexFullIn report
Demolition of the existing house and erection of a replacement dwelling, demolition of swimming pool wing and rebuilding to form games and boot rooms, internal and external renovations of the ancillary outbuildings to provide ancillary accommodation. Associated landscaping works, the closure of the existing vehicular northern access, the extension of the existing western access to provide the main access to the house, and the creation of a secondary vehicular access to the south east of the site. (Amendment to application ref: BDB/76149 to include the demolition of swimming pool wing and rebuilding to form games and boot room linked to the replacement dwelling, internal alterations to the outbuilding to provide ancillary accommodation, the addition of a dormer window to the subdivided ancillary accommodation and the addition of a proposed basement).
- Agent
- Fowler Architecture & Planning Ltd
ListedExtensionDemolition- Documents
- 33 docs on file
- Reference
- BDB/77327
- Aug 2012DemolitionFullIn report
Demolition of the existing house and its replacement, together with internal and external renovations of the ancillary outbuildings, associated landscaping works, the closure of the existing vehicular northern access, the extension of the existing western access to provide the main access to the house, and the creation of a secondary vehicular access to the south east of the site.
- Agent
- Fowler Architecture & Planning Ltd
- Documents
- 23 docs on file
- Reference
- BDB/76149
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Sales history & valuation
Balstone Farm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£318,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 4 sales in RG26 5TJ: £489,500 (2015–1996).
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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
Versus the street
EPC Rating for Balstone Farm Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
1 (G)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
41 m²
Street avg 296 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.5 t/year
Street avg 8.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.3 km
Ibworth Turn — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB