1 Elphinstone Road, Southsea, PO5 3HP

1 Elphinstone Road is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Southsea (PO5 3HP). It has a recorded floor area of 201 m² (around 2164 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since April 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 201 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 1996–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £572,000 sits 133.5% above the 2002 sale of £245,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£113/sq ft) was about 36.6% below the postcode norm.