Brook Court, Flat 42, Brook Valley, Southampton, SO16 6SR

Brook Court is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Southampton (SO16 6SR). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 48 m² this is the 8th smallest of 15 units on EPC record in Brook Court, where floor areas span 44–63 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (73 versus a worst of 35). The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a balcony and a conservatory. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in November 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 48 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 27 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £162,000 is 20% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£261/sq ft) was about 58% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £135,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.