Delme Court, Flat 16, Maytree Road, Fareham, PO16 0HX

Delme Court is a two-bedroom detached house in Fareham (PO16 0HX). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2019); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 69 m² this is the 13th smallest of 15 units on EPC record in Delme Court, where floor areas span 45–75 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 15 units on file.

Held since October 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1998–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £132,000 sits 103.1% above the 2004 sale of £65,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£88/sq ft) was about 32.4% below the postcode norm. At 69 m² it's 24.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (56 m² median across 14 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs).