18 Leicester Road, Southampton, SO15 7NY

18 Leicester Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Southampton (SO15 7NY). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

Held since February 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. Today's modelled estimate of £498,000 sits 81.1% above the 2007 sale of £275,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 103 m² it's 22.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (133 m² median across 7 EPCs).