19a, Bosmere Gardens, Emsworth, PO10 7NP

19a is a four-bedroom detached house in Emsworth (PO10 7NP). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1198 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2010) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 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 £464,000 sits 333.6% above the 1997 sale of £107,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£89/sq ft) was about 62.2% below the postcode norm. At 111 m² it's 21% larger than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 31 EPCs).