26 Earls Road, Southampton, SO14 6SH

26 Earls Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southampton (SO14 6SH). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

Held since January 1998 — that's 29 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 72 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £233,000 sits 301.7% above the 1998 sale of £58,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£75/sq ft) was about 67.1% below the postcode norm.