Horton Cottage, Water Street, Ferryside, SA17 5RT

Horton Cottage is a detached house in Ferryside (SA17 5RT). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2019 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on oil.

At 81 m² it's 19.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 7 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £163,000 is 17.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£159/sq ft) was about 62.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £138,995 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.