9 Leighton Avenue, Southampton, SO15 3LW

9 Leighton Avenue is a two-bedroom detached house in Southampton (SO15 3LW). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. At 58 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 8 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 52–88 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (59 versus a best of 71). The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).

Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£304/sq ft) was about 87.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 58 m² it's 26.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 7 EPCs). Sold October 2022 for £190,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.