8 Alcantara Crescent, Southampton, SO14 3HR

8 Alcantara Crescent is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Southampton (SO14 3HR). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in January 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

At 184 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 41 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in December 2013. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £486,000 is 49.5% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£164/sq ft) was about 17.4% below the postcode norm.