15 Locarno Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5DG

15 Locarno Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Portsmouth (PO3 5DG). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in May 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

Today's modelled estimate of £289,000 sits 63.3% above the 2016 sale of £177,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£161/sq ft) was about 19.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 102 m² it's 17.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 27 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 81% of similar EPCs). On the market in August 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.