12 St James Road, Emsworth, PO10 7DN

12 St James Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Emsworth (PO10 7DN). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1293 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings.

Held since December 2010 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 120 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, an annexe and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £515,000 is 43.1% above the 2010 sale price.