41a, Chichester Road, Portsmouth, PO2 0AB

41a is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Portsmouth (PO2 0AB). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 53 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 22 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 47–141 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 22 units on file.

Held since May 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 is 42.7% above the 2003 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£193/sq ft) was about 25% above the typical sold price in the postcode.