3 Lyndhurst Road, Portsmouth, PO2 0DT

3 Lyndhurst Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Portsmouth (PO2 0DT). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

It hasn't traded since October 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 2002–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £296,000 sits 86.8% above the 2007 sale of £158,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£123/sq ft) was about 22.3% below the postcode norm. At 120 m² it's 26.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 43 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 72% of similar EPCs).