1 Dumbarton Close, Portsmouth, PO2 7EY

1 Dumbarton Close is a mid-terrace house in Portsmouth (PO2 7EY). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £240,000 is 14.3% below the 2022 sale of £280,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£183/sq ft) was about 111.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £280,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2016.