32 Margate Road, Southsea, PO5 1EZ

32 Margate Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Southsea (PO5 1EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in November 2015 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

Held since January 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £283,000 sits 502.1% above the 1998 sale of £47,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£34/sq ft) was about 72.4% below the postcode norm. At 128 m² it's 20.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (106 m² median across 42 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.