16 St Davids Road, Southsea, PO5 1QN

16 St Davids Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Southsea (PO5 1QN). It has a recorded floor area of 187 m² (around 2013 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Other recorded features include a basement. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 187 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). It changed hands recently, sold May 2025 for £700,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2002–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£348/sq ft) was about 119.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2021.