3 Pelham Road, Southsea, PO5 3DT

3 Pelham Road is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Southsea (PO5 3DT). It has a recorded floor area of 214 m² (around 2303 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 214 m² the property is well over the postcode median (127 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Sold March 2021 for £575,000. 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year.