29b, Osborne Road, Southsea, PO5 3LR

29b is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southsea (PO5 3LR). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 88 m² this is the 26th smallest of 32 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–134 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61).

Held since March 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 88 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £176,000 is 46.7% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 24.5% below the postcode norm.