5 John Street, Southampton, SO14 3DR

5 John Street is an end-of-terrace house in Southampton (SO14 3DR). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

At 121 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: HMO conversion approved in 2010. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£292/sq ft) was about 21.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £380,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.