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Get started5 Downlands Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Winchester (SO22 4ET). It has a recorded floor area of 170 m² (around 1830 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2021) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good.
Sale prices here have outpaced Winchester HPI: 6.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. At 170 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold April 2022 for £750,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
5 Downlands Road ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
We would like to build (under permitted development) a garden room in our rear garden. It will have the following dimensions: Width up to 4.5m; Depth up to 3.6m; height no more than 2.5m; external footprint 16.2m; internal 14.5m sq. It will be south facing and have a french door with one standard window (1.2 x 1m) either side of the french doors. It will be of a grey colour to match the external windows of the main property. The new garden room will be located over 1m from the boundary with our neighbour (No3 Downlands Rd) to to the west side of our property. Roof drainage will be be means of guttering to the ground. This building will actually replace a large wooden playhouse in the same location which is approaximately half the size of the proposed garden room and 2.5m in height. No new access is required and no other changes to any part of the property will be needed
Latest sale on 5 Downlands Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£781,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 22 years.
£750,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 22 years.
5 Downlands Road outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,412
Street avg £4,303
Floor Area
170 m²
Street avg 114 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Olivers Battery Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Window efficiency improved
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Retrospective planning permission for the following changes to the approved plans under permission 22/02906/HOU: Flue and additional roof light in front elevation Alterations to doors and windows in side elevation Alterations to side extension/porch including increase in footprint, change to roof and inclusion of window.
4 more applications for this property
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8 April 2022Most recent
£750,000
+111.3%over 12 years24 June 2009
£355,000
+82.1%over 9 years31 May 2000
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SO22 4ET: £500,000 (2022–2014).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
SO22 4JY
Closest school
0.4 km
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Winchester. 11 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.3dB
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