First Floor Flat, 125 Chichester Road, Portsmouth, PO2 0AQ

First Floor Flat is a mid-terrace house in Portsmouth (PO2 0AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in October 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good.

Held since November 1998 — that's 28 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. Today's modelled estimate of £129,000 sits 377.8% above the 1998 sale of £27,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£48/sq ft) was about 55.9% below the postcode norm. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs).