199b, Millbrook Road East, Southampton, SO15 1HS

199b is a semi-detached house in Southampton (SO15 1HS). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (September 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 53). Main heating runs on electricity. At 44 m² this is the 8th 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, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (33 versus a best of 79).

It hasn't traded since February 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 44 m² it's 21.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (56 m² median across 19 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £132,000 sits 55.3% above the 2006 sale of £85,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.