372 Hill Lane, Southampton, SO15 7TX

372 Hill Lane is a detached house in Southampton (SO15 7TX). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since April 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £356,000 sits 401.4% above the 1997 sale of £71,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£80/sq ft) was about 66.5% below the postcode norm.