253a, Chichester Road, Portsmouth, PO2 0AN

253a is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Portsmouth (PO2 0AN). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 60 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 54–116 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (58 versus a best of 74). The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home.

At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (102 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -0.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £169,000 is 16.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 55% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £145,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.