Flat A, 31 Cranbury Avenue, Southampton, SO14 0LR

Flat A is an end-of-terrace house in Southampton (SO14 0LR). It has a recorded floor area of 24 m² (around 258 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £125,000 is 72.2% below the 2022 sale of £450,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,742/sq ft) was about 1146% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 24 m² it sits well below the postcode median (40 m² across 40 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £450,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.