3 Salcombe Road, Southampton, SO15 3LA

3 Salcombe Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Southampton (SO15 3LA). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 54 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–141 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows a C (score 70). The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £142,000 sits 250.6% above the 1999 sale of £40,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£70/sq ft) was about 65.6% below the postcode norm. At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.