Gardeners Cottage, Oakley Road, Mottisfont, Romsey, SO51 0LQ
About Gardeners Cottage
Gardeners Cottage is a detached house in Mottisfont, Romsey, Romsey (SO51 0LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2011. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 93 m² it's 22.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (121 m² median across 4 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Gardeners Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2015Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 and T2 - Yew - Crown lift to 3m from garage, shed and greenhouse, also cut back from electric cable as branches are resting on them.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/02938/TREES
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Gardeners Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£488,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 1 sales in SO51 0LQ: £680,000 (2002–2002).
Nearby sales in SO51 0LQ
Everything we know about Gardeners Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Oakley Road homes
EPC Rating for Gardeners Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 43 (E)
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 120 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bengers Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
Lockerley Church of England Endowed Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB