5 Chelveston Crescent, Southampton, SO16 5SA

5 Chelveston Crescent is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Southampton (SO16 5SA). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. At 37 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 44 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–114 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a C (score 73). Earlier certificates rated it B (June 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (61 m² across 43 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£352/sq ft) was about 145.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £140,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.