179 Chichester Road, Portsmouth, PO2 0AJ

179 Chichester Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Portsmouth (PO2 0AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 4 certificates since April 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in April 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 98 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £176,000 sits 95.6% above the 2008 sale of £90,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 41.7% below the postcode norm.