Hillsborough Mansions, 2, 16 Nelson Road, Southsea, PO5 2AS

Hillsborough Mansions is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southsea (PO5 2AS). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 63 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£418/sq ft) was about 114.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £625,000. 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 2018.