1 Elmsleigh Gardens, Southampton, SO16 3GE

1 Elmsleigh Gardens is a seven-bedroom detached house in Southampton (SO16 3GE). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

Held since February 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £494,000 sits 97.6% above the 2006 sale of £249,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£159/sq ft) was about 30.3% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 146 m² it's 24.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (117 m² median across 23 EPCs). 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.