22a, Cottage Grove, Southsea, PO5 1EN

22a is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southsea (PO5 1EN). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement.

At 96 m² the property is well over the postcode median (44 m² across 36 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). Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 98.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.