Flat 4, 18 Cavendish Road, Southsea, PO5 2DG

Flat 4 is a semi-detached house in Southsea (PO5 2DG). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 42 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–62 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (60 versus a best of 72). The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £158,000 is 12.9% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 52.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 42 m² it's 19% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 49 EPCs). Sold May 2022 for £140,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.