273b, Millbrook Road West, Southampton, SO15 0HU

273b is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southampton (SO15 0HU). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 621 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 58 m² this is the 6th smallest of 19 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 23–165 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (26 versus a best of 73). Other recorded features include a balcony.

It hasn't traded since October 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (94 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2004–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 66.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.