4 Rectory Avenue, Portsmouth, PO6 1AL
About 4 Rectory Avenue
4 Rectory Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Portsmouth (PO6 1AL). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in August 2009. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 141 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1999–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £424,000 sits 78.2% above the 2009 sale of £238,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£157/sq ft) was about 31.7% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2021.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- ParkingOff road
Building
- Heating systemGas
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
4 Rectory Avenue's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Apr 2019
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 7 April 2019
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
1 application on record at 4 Rectory Avenue, Portsmouth, PO6 1AL
- Jul 2021DemolitionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Construction of single storey extension to side of property (following demolition of existing lean to)
Extension- Documents
- 26 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/00755/HOU
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1999.
£424,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 10 years.
£238,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
11 August 2009Most recent
£238,000
-7.8%over 5 years31 March 2004
£258,000
+51.8%over 2 years25 October 2001
£169,950
+47.1%over 2 years22 July 1999
£115,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO6 1AL: £445,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in PO6 1AL
Versus other Rectory Avenue homes
4 Rectory Avenue outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,688
Street avg £2,826
Floor Area
141 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
260/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Rectory Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Solent Infant School. 24 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.9dB

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46.3dB







