1 Somerville Place, Portsmouth, PO2 8RQ

1 Somerville Place is an end-of-terrace house in Portsmouth (PO2 8RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2021) returns a high B (score 88), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in September 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92).

Held since January 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 97 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2000–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 19% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £300,000 sits 106.9% above the 2004 sale of £145,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 30.8% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.