Below Star Cottage, East Tytherley Road, Lockerley, Romsey, SO51 0LW

Below Star Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Lockerley, Romsey, Romsey (SO51 0LW). It has a recorded floor area of 243 m² (around 2616 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2024); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

Held since March 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 243 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £1,171,000 sits 55.1% above the 2010 sale of £755,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£289/sq ft) was about 15.5% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.