5 Cowley Close, Southampton, SO16 9WD

5 Cowley Close is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southampton (SO16 9WD). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. At 37 m² this is the 5th smallest of 42 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–133 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 42 units on file. The latest certificate (November 2012) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (62 m² across 41 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£289/sq ft) was about 26.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £115,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.