20 Hilltop Crescent, Drayton, Portsmouth, PO6 1BD
About 20 Hilltop Crescent
20 Hilltop Crescent is a detached house in Drayton, Portsmouth, Portsmouth (PO6 1BD). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.
At 103 m² it's 21.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (131 m² median across 19 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£451/sq ft) was about 87.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
20 Hilltop Crescent's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2023PorchFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Alterations to roof to provide accommodation at first floor level; construction of ground/first floor front, side and rear extensions to include front entrance porch, integral garage and first floor rear balcony
- Agent
- Mcandrew Martin LTD
Extension- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00339/HOU
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£531,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£500,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 May 2022Most recent
£500,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO6 1BD: £559,800 (2022–2017).
Nearby sales in PO6 1BD
34 Hilltop Crescent, Drayton, Portsmouth, PO6 1BD
Sold Jan 2022
£570,00040 Hilltop Crescent, Drayton, Portsmouth, PO6 1BD
Sold Dec 2020
£675,00044 Hilltop Crescent, Drayton, Portsmouth, PO6 1BD
Sold Sept 2019
£365,00056 Hilltop Crescent, Drayton, Portsmouth, PO6 1BD
Sold Sept 2018
£559,80010 Hilltop Crescent, Drayton, Portsmouth, PO6 1BD
Sold Dec 2017
£465,000
Everything we know about 20 Hilltop Crescent, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
Versus other Hilltop Crescent homes
Price per m² for 20 Hilltop Crescent runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,854
Street avg £3,140
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 136 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
9/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Farlington Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Purbrook Park School. 22 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB