5 Abercrombie Gardens, Southampton, SO16 8FQ

5 Abercrombie Gardens is an end-of-terrace house in Southampton (SO16 8FQ). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 77 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 48 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £246,000 sits 189.6% above the 2001 sale of £84,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£102/sq ft) was about 32.7% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.