Flat 4, 5 Hewett Road, Portsmouth, PO2 0QR

Flat 4 is an end-of-terrace house in Portsmouth (PO2 0QR). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2019 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 54 m² this is the 4th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–106 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom.

At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (100 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £120,000 in October 2020. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £147,000 is 22.5% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£206/sq ft) was about 49.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.