Abbey Cottage, Rectory Lane, Itchen Abbas, Winchester, SO21 1BN

Abbey Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Itchen Abbas, Winchester, Winchester (SO21 1BN). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

At 143 m² it sits well below the postcode median (252 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 8 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,285,000 is 42.8% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£585/sq ft) was about 86.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in May 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.