24 Blakesley Lane, Portsmouth, PO3 5UG

24 Blakesley Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Portsmouth (PO3 5UG). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in January 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Other recorded features include a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since July 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £494,000 sits 157.3% above the 2000 sale of £192,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£121/sq ft) was about 47.5% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.