45 Honeywood Close, Portsmouth, PO3 5BW

45 Honeywood Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Portsmouth (PO3 5BW). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. At 56 m² this is the 22nd smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 24–70 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since November 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 56 m² the property is well over the postcode median (39 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 sits 166.1% above the 1999 sale of £59,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 56.2% below the postcode norm.