Trinity Court, Flat 9, 127 Paynes Road, Southampton, SO15 3BW

Trinity Court is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southampton (SO15 3BW). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1991-1995. Tenure is freehold. At 34 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 17 units on EPC record in Trinity Court, where floor areas span 33–53 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (60 versus a best of 82). Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (March 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (53 m² across 35 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. Last sale on file: £126,000 in September 2024. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2001–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 54.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.