Flat 2, 7 Grove Road North, Southsea, PO5 1JJ

Flat 2 is an end-of-terrace house in Southsea (PO5 1JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 42 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (42–92 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 5 units on file. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £144,000 is 28.6% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£247/sq ft) was about 68.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (July 2017).