4 Alderman Gardens, Portsmouth, PO3 6FX

4 Alderman Gardens is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Portsmouth (PO3 6FX). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 443 sq ft) and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2009) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since March 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (69 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £281,000 is 39.1% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 53.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.