1 Malthouse Cottages, Eldon Lane, Braishfield, Romsey, SO51 0PT

1 Malthouse Cottages is a semi-detached house in Braishfield, Romsey, Romsey (SO51 0PT). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Today's modelled estimate of £474,000 is 40% below the 2021 sale of £790,000, 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 (£863/sq ft) was about 58.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 85 m² it sits well below the postcode median (200 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold November 2021 for £790,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.