Malthouse Barn, Swelling Hill, Ropley, Alresford, SO24 0DA

Malthouse Barn is a six-bedroom detached house in Ropley, Alresford, Alresford (SO24 0DA). It has a recorded floor area of 388 m² (around 4176 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since June 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 388 m² the property is well over the postcode median (209 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 9 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £1,799,000 is 49.9% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 27% below the postcode norm.