2a, Duncan Road, Southsea, PO5 2QT

2a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Southsea (PO5 2QT). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £275,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£511/sq ft) was about 144.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.