Cheriton Cottage, Manchester Road, Sway, Lymington, SO41 6AS

Cheriton Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Sway, Lymington, Lymington (SO41 6AS). It has a recorded floor area of 193 m² (around 2077 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2017) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in January 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92).

At 193 m² the property is well over the postcode median (128 m² across 52 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £894,000 sits 55.5% above the 2016 sale of £575,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£277/sq ft) was about 17.3% below the postcode norm. Last sold in May 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused.