9 Hardy Close, Southampton, SO15 3SP

9 Hardy Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southampton (SO15 3SP). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 48 m² it's 15.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (42 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On the market in March 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £212,000 is 30.1% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 53.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.