Flat 3, 124 High Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2HW

Flat 3 is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Portsmouth (PO1 2HW). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 62 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 51–76 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good.

Held since January 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £256,000 sits 276.5% above the 1997 sale of £68,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£102/sq ft) was about 48.9% below the postcode norm. At 62 m² it's 25.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 21 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs).