Flat 3, 42 Bellemoor Road, Southampton, SO15 7QU

Flat 3 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Southampton (SO15 7QU). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 44 m² this is the 4th smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–62 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since September 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 35 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £149,000 is 24.2% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£253/sq ft) was about 25.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.