8 Lorne Road, Southsea, PO5 1RR
About 8 Lorne Road
8 Lorne Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Southsea (PO5 1RR). It has a recorded floor area of 206 m² (around 2217 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 206 m² it's 26.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (162 m² median across 12 EPCs). Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£325/sq ft) was about 53% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £720,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
8 Lorne Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Oct 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2015RenovationIn report
External alterations to include installation of door to basement front elevation, replace existing UPVC windows to front elevation and replace chimney stack
New Windows- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/01718/PLAREG
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 8 Lorne Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£721,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.4% per year over 7 years.
£720,000
Growth on file: 10.4% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
4 February 2022Most recent
£720,000
+92.0%over 6 years8 July 2015
£375,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO5 1RR: £745,000 (2024–2015).
Everything we know about 8 Lorne Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
Versus other Lorne Road homes
On price per m², 8 Lorne Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,495
Street avg £2,967
Floor Area
206 m²
Street avg 172 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 8.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
11/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Lorne Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Bramble Infant School and Nursery. 33 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.6dB