Highway Cottage, Chatter Alley, Dogmersfield, Hook, RG27 8SS

Highway Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Dogmersfield, Hook, Hook (RG27 8SS). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £854,000 is 10.2% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£486/sq ft) was about 40.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 148 m² it sits well below the postcode median (292 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Sold October 2019 for £775,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.