2 Auckland Road East, Southsea, PO5 2HD

2 Auckland Road East is an eight-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southsea (PO5 2HD). It has a recorded floor area of 217 m² (around 2336 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Held since August 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 217 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 8 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2004–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £542,000 sits 77.7% above the 2008 sale of £305,000. One planning record on file: HMO conversion approved in 2023. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.