Flint Cottage, Shepherds Lane, Compton, Winchester, SO21 2AB

Flint Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Compton, Winchester, Winchester (SO21 2AB). It has a recorded floor area of 264 m² (around 2842 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (February 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Sale prices here have outpaced Winchester HPI: 5.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £946,000 is 45.5% above the 2011 sale price. At 264 m² the property is well over the postcode median (168 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. 15 years since the last transfer (August 2011).