10 Banister Gardens, Southampton, SO15 2LX

10 Banister Gardens is a four-bedroom detached house in Southampton (SO15 2LX). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 152 m² it's 24.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (123 m² median across 10 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £485,000 is 49.2% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£199/sq ft) was about 31.4% below the postcode norm.