The Retreat, Hill View Road, Michelmersh, Romsey, SO51 0NN

The Retreat is a three-bedroom detached house in Michelmersh, Romsey, Romsey (SO51 0NN). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (116 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. On the market in June 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1995–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£428/sq ft) was about 32% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.