Oak Apple Cottage, Beechwood Road, Bartley, Southampton, SO40 2LP
About Oak Apple Cottage
Oak Apple Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Bartley, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 2LP). It has a recorded floor area of 264 m² (around 2840 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (February 2012) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from February 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 264 m² the property is well over the postcode median (117 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£739/sq ft) was about 191.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £2,100,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageDouble
- Summer houseYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Oak Apple Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Feb 2022
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history at Oak Apple Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
3 applications on record at Oak Apple Cottage, Beechwood Road, Bartley, Southampton, SO40 2LP
- Aug 2014Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Prune 1 Hornbeam, 3 Willows, 1 Poplar and 1 Conifer Prune 1 Hornbeam, 3 Willows, 1 Poplar and 1 Conifer:
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- CONS/14/0821
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksFeb 2021Decision
- Tree WorksMar 2019Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Oak Apple Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£2,106,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 8 years.
£2,100,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
12 January 2022Most recent
£2,100,000
+71.8%over 8 years30 October 2013
£1,222,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SO40 2LP: £580,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in SO40 2LP
Bramble Cottage, Beechwood Road, Bartley, Southampton, SO40 2LP
Sold Oct 2024
£1,810,000Westward Cottage, Beechwood Road, Bartley, Southampton, SO40 2LP
Sold Jan 2024
£347,500Beechwood House, Corner Cottage, Beechwood Road, Bartley, Southampton, SO40 2LP
Sold May 2022
£580,000Beechwood House, Flat 1, Beechwood Road, Bartley, Southampton, SO40 2LP
Sold Sept 2021
£395,000Beechwell Cottage, Beechwood Road, Bartley, Southampton, SO40 2LP
Sold Dec 2019
£700,000
Versus other Beechwood Road homes
Price per m² for Oak Apple Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£7,958
Street avg £4,834
Floor Area
264 m²
Street avg 155 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Abbotsford — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Bartley Church of England Junior School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB







