5 Dock Mill Cottages, Napier Road, Southsea, PO5 2RD

5 Dock Mill Cottages is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Southsea (PO5 2RD). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 2-band jump.

At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (52 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold May 2021 for £195,000. Across the public record there are 4 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 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £221,000 is 13.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£503/sq ft) was about 126.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.