10 Grove Road North, Southsea, PO5 1JJ

10 Grove Road North is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southsea (PO5 1JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

Held since October 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £463,000 sits 71.5% above the 2007 sale of £270,000.