40 New Road, Southbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8JX
About 40 New Road
40 New Road is a detached house in Southbourne, Emsworth, Emsworth (PO10 8JX). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£434/sq ft) was about 49.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2024 for £650,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
40 New Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
40 New Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2025ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey extension to the rear (a) rear extension - 6.00m (b) maximum height - 4.00m (c) height of eaves - 3.70m
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/00209/PA1A
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
40 New Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£585,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£650,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
4 November 2024Most recent
£650,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO10 8JX: £350,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in PO10 8JX
11 New Road, Southbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8JX
Sold Jul 2025
£650,00032 New Road, Southbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8JX
Sold Dec 2024
£252,00017a, New Road, Southbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8JX
Sold May 2020
£350,00012 New Road, Southbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8JX
Sold Nov 2017
£345,00022 New Road, Southbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8JX
Sold Jun 2017
£445,000
Everything we know about 40 New Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other New Road homes
40 New Road outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,676
Street avg £3,275
Floor Area
139 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.8 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Travellers Joy — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Southbourne Infant School. 6 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB