21 Rectory Avenue, Portsmouth, PO6 1AL

21 Rectory Avenue is a semi-detached house in Portsmouth (PO6 1AL). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 869 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 81 m² it's 16.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 29 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £393,000 is 45.6% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£311/sq ft) was about 46.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.