Keepers Cottage, Toothill Road, Romsey, SO51 9LN
About Keepers Cottage
Keepers Cottage is a detached house in Romsey (SO51 9LN). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 104), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 79 m² it sits well below the postcode median (126 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Keepers Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2023Change Of UseFullIn report
Change of use from residential dwelling to a care home for children
- Agent
- Spruce Town Planning Ltd
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/01383/FULLS
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Keepers Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£549,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SO51 9LN: £870,000 (2025–2007).
Nearby sales in SO51 9LN
Hilltop, Toothill Road, Romsey, SO51 9LN
Sold Mar 2025
£1,420,000Pillarbox Cottage, Toothill Road, Romsey, SO51 9LN
Sold Nov 2021
£650,000The Dolls House, Toothill Road, Romsey, SO51 9LN
Sold Apr 2017
£870,000Sandpit House, Toothill Road, Romsey, SO51 9LN
Sold Jul 2009
£1,300,0002 Lower Toothill Farm Cottages, Toothill Road, Romsey, SO51 9LN
Sold Sept 2007
£470,000
Everything we know about Keepers Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Toothill Road homes
Floor Area for Keepers Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 48 (E)
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 147 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 9.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.1 km
Motorway Bridge — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB