8 Field Close, Romsey, SO51 5BN
About 8 Field Close
8 Field Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Romsey (SO51 5BN). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£409/sq ft) was about 82.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £365,000. 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 2017.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- ParkingYes
Energy performance
8 Field Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Nov 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2017Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Front ground floor extension to make room for an internal WC and conversion of integral garage to study, and side extension to provide extended kitchen and living area.
- Agent
- Drawing By Design
Extension- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/00155/FULLS
What's in 8 Field Close, Romsey, SO51 5BN's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£378,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 6 years.
£365,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
24 June 2021Most recent
£365,000
+46.0%over 6 years20 February 2015
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SO51 5BN: £360,000 (2024–2021).
Everything we know about 8 Field Close, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Field Close homes
Price per m² for 8 Field Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,398
Street avg £3,386
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Cupernham Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Romsey Primary School & Nursery. 7 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB