The Gieves Apartments, 5, 23 The Hard, Portsmouth, PO1 3DT

The Gieves Apartments is a detached house in Portsmouth (PO1 3DT). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. At 88 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across The Gieves Apartments (88–141 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (61 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (February 2016) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Portsmouth HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£370/sq ft) was about 145.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £350,000 in September 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.