Garden Flat, 53 St Andrews Road, Southsea, PO5 1ER

Garden Flat is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southsea (PO5 1ER). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since October 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).

At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (66 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 8 years since the last transfer (April 2018). Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2000–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £146,000 is 16.8% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£290/sq ft) was about 101.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.