8 Montgomerie Road, Southsea, PO5 1ED

8 Montgomerie Road is a mid-terrace house in Southsea (PO5 1ED). It has a recorded floor area of 194 m² (around 2088 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Across 2010–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £463,000 is 25.9% below the 2022 sale of £625,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£299/sq ft) was about 92.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 194 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold November 2022 for £625,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.