3 Cavendish Road, Southsea, PO5 2DG
About 3 Cavendish Road
3 Cavendish Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Southsea (PO5 2DG). It has a recorded floor area of 244 m² (around 2626 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump.
At 244 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 49 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. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2003. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £831,000 is 20.4% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£263/sq ft) was about 38% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2019 for £690,000.
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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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
3 Cavendish Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Cavendish Road sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- Apr 2003Tree WorksTreesIn report
TOPPING AND LOPPING 2 CHERRY TREES LOCATED IN GARDEN WITHIN CONSERVATION AREA 2
Conservation Area- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- A*35425/AB
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
3 Cavendish Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£831,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£690,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 October 2019Most recent
£690,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO5 2DG: £190,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in PO5 2DG
11 Cavendish Road, Southsea, PO5 2DG
Sold Mar 2025
£660,000Flat 2, 15 Cavendish Road, Southsea, PO5 2DG
Sold Dec 2024
£138,000Flat 1, 15 Cavendish Road, Southsea, PO5 2DG
Sold Sept 2023
£190,0006 Cavendish Road, Southsea, PO5 2DG
Sold Sept 2022
£450,000Flat 4, 18 Cavendish Road, Southsea, PO5 2DG
Sold May 2022
£140,000
Everything we know about 3 Cavendish 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 Cavendish Road homes
Price per m² for 3 Cavendish Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,828
Street avg £3,797
Floor Area
244 m²
Street avg 150 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
15.7 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
11/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Kings Theatre — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Southsea Infant School. 30 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB