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About Vine Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Vine Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Blackfield, Southampton, Southampton (SO45 1XB). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
Sale prices here have outpaced Southampton HPI: 4.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 73.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold April 2022 for £507,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D59
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Vine Cottage, The Drove, Blackfield, Southampton, SO45 1XB, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at Vine Cottage.
- Dec 2012ExtensionFullGranted
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two-storey rear extension
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Vine Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2004.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£538,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 18 years.
Last sold (2022)
£507,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other The Drove homes
Four headline reads against 22 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Vine Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,371
Street avg £3,092
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 112 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SO45 1XB from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 34 points of interest in total.
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