197a, Millbrook Road East, Southampton, SO15 1HS

197a is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Southampton (SO15 1HS). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 46 m² this is the 10th smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–113 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 20 units on file.

At 46 m² it's 17.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (56 m² median across 19 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £130,000 is 36.8% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£192/sq ft) was about 21.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.