Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
17 First Avenue, Farlington, Portsmouth, PO6 1JL
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
5
From EPC
Floor area
216 m²
2325 sq ft
Energy rating
F
Score 36
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About 17 First Avenue
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
17 First Avenue is a detached house in Farlington, Portsmouth, Portsmouth (PO6 1JL). It has a recorded floor area of 216 m² (around 2325 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since February 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 216 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £438,000 sits 656.5% above the 1996 sale of £57,895. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£25/sq ft) was about 87.2% below the postcode norm.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
17 First Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Apr 2025
Current Certificate
Apr 2015EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F36
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
13.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Expired on 6 April 2025
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Victorian-eraDetached BungalowEPC FPre-1919 build
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 17 First Avenue, Farlington, Portsmouth, PO6 1JL, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
17 First Avenue has no planning applications on record.
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But the area is active
4 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
17 First Avenue's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£438,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (1996)
£57,895
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 February 1996Most recent
£57,895
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO6 1JL: £430,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in PO6 1JL
43 First Avenue, Farlington, Portsmouth, PO6 1JL
Sold Nov 2025
£425,00035 First Avenue, Farlington, Portsmouth, PO6 1JL
Sold Oct 2024
£430,00059 First Avenue, Farlington, Portsmouth, PO6 1JL
Sold May 2022
£417,00011 First Avenue, Farlington, Portsmouth, PO6 1JL
Sold Mar 2022
£645,00031 First Avenue, Farlington, Portsmouth, PO6 1JL
Sold Dec 2020
£355,000
Versus other First Avenue homes
Four headline reads against 16 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
17 First Avenue is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£268
Street avg £3,284
Floor Area
216 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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Crime
260/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Waterworks Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Solent Infant School. 20 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PO6 1JL from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.4dB
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