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16 planning records
About Old Down House
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Old Down House is a four-bedroom detached house in Ropley, Alresford, Alresford (SO24 0DA). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£950/sq ft) was about 169.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 16 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 176 m² it's 17.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (213 m² median across 15 EPCs). Sold October 2019 for £1,800,000.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Old Down House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E52
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
8.3 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Old Down House, Swelling Hill, Ropley, Alresford, SO24 0DA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Apr 2022ConditionsPERMISSION
Variation of condition 4 (Landscaping) of application 39720/014 to amend the wording of the condition.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Old Down House valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£1,782,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.0% per year over 12 years.
Last sold (2019)
£1,800,000
Growth on file: 5.0% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Swelling Hill homes
Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Old Down House outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£10,227
Street avg £4,367
Floor Area
176 m²
Street avg 226 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
1.6 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SO24 0DA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
40.6dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 18 points of interest in total.
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