1 Fairlawn Close, Rownhams, Southampton, SO16 8DT

1 Fairlawn Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Rownhams, Southampton, Southampton (SO16 8DT). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£385/sq ft) was about 45.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. Last sale on file: £572,500 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.