Flat 3, 8 Hereford Road, Southsea, PO5 2DH

Flat 3 is a one-bedroom detached house in Southsea (PO5 2DH). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 51 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–77 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D across 3 units on file.

At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Last sold in November 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £176,000 is 10.7% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£289/sq ft) was about 151.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.