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Get startedDown Cottage is a detached house in Pitt, Winchester, Winchester (SO22 5QR). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
At 111 m² it sits well below the postcode median (229 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Down Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£749,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Down Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
40 (E)
Street avg 67 (D)
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 244 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Fuel source changed
Hot water efficiency improved
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Hot water efficiency decreased
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Heating controls changed
Window efficiency improved
Cavity wall insulation installed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
Wall insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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Median price across the last 1 sales in SO22 5QR: £1,800,000 (2024–2024).
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Yew Tree Cottage — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Winchester. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB