Flat 1a, 2 Cottage Grove, Southsea, PO5 1EN

Flat 1a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Southsea (PO5 1EN). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 53 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (53–140 m²). The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 53 m² it's 21.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (44 m² median across 36 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £182,000 is 23.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 46.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £147,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.