Hatchers Farm, Carters Clay, Lockerley, Romsey, SO51 0GN

Hatchers Farm is a detached house in Lockerley, Romsey, Romsey (SO51 0GN). It has a recorded floor area of 221 m² (around 2378 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 221 m² the property is well over the postcode median (120 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £1,221,000 sits 197.8% above the 1998 sale of £410,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£172/sq ft) was about 52.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.