70 Honeysuckle Road, Southampton, SO16 3HQ

70 Honeysuckle Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Southampton (SO16 3HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and roof efficiency went from Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

Held since May 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £280,000 sits 368.6% above the 1999 sale of £59,750. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£68/sq ft) was about 41% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs).