97a, St Andrews Road, Southsea, PO5 1ES

97a is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southsea (PO5 1ES). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 4 certificates since August 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 75 m² this is the 27th smallest of 38 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–245 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 38 units on file.

At 75 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 37 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £233,000 in June 2022. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£289/sq ft) was about 141.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.