Hillside Cottage, Haccups Lane, Michelmersh, Romsey, SO51 0NP

Hillside Cottage is a detached house in Michelmersh, Romsey, Romsey (SO51 0NP). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on lpg.

Today's modelled estimate of £824,000 is 28.9% below the 2022 sale of £1,158,888, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,066/sq ft) was about 530% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 101 m² it sits well below the postcode median (269 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold July 2022 for £1,158,888. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.