21 Gudge Heath Lane, Fareham, PO15 5AB

21 Gudge Heath Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Fareham (PO15 5AB). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2010) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). The latest certificate is from November 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2000 — that's 26 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. At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £547,000 sits 207.3% above the 2000 sale of £178,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£113/sq ft) was about 48.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.