17 Melrose Road, Southampton, SO15 7PB
About 17 Melrose Road
17 Melrose Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Southampton (SO15 7PB). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump.
At 111 m² it's 16.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (133 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 9 years since the last transfer (September 2017). Today's modelled estimate of £506,000 is 26.5% above the 2017 sale price.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
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Energy performance
17 Melrose Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Planning history
17 Melrose Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 17 Melrose Road, Southampton, SO15 7PB
- Aug 2018ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear extension (max depth 6.5m, max height 4m, eaves height 2.4m)
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/01415/PAH
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Sales history & valuation
17 Melrose Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£506,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£400,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 September 2017Most recent
£400,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SO15 7PB: £460,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in SO15 7PB
Versus other Melrose Road homes
On epc rating, 17 Melrose Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,604
Street avg £3,505
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
12/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Leicester Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Upper Shirley High School. 34 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.8dB