81 Bitterne Road West, Southampton, SO18 1AN

81 Bitterne Road West is a detached house in Southampton (SO18 1AN). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 77 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £252,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 10% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £307,000 is 21.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£304/sq ft) was about 58.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.