7 Browning Avenue, Portsmouth, PO6 4PE

7 Browning Avenue is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Portsmouth (PO6 4PE). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 83 m² this is the 18th smallest of 25 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–121 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (49 versus a best of 76). The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (September 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 83 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 24 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. Across 2010–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 is 46.7% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£120/sq ft) was about 29% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in June 2013.