10 St James Road, Emsworth, PO10 7DN

10 St James Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Emsworth (PO10 7DN). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£589/sq ft) was about 112.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 67 m² it's 21.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 26 EPCs). Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £425,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.