1 Brunel Road, Southampton, SO15 0LQ

1 Brunel Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Southampton (SO15 0LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. At 41 m² this is the 18th smallest of 60 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–681 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

Held since July 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £133,000 is 29.1% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£233/sq ft) was about 16.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.