187 Bitterne Road West, Southampton, SO18 1BJ

187 Bitterne Road West is a four-bedroom detached house in Southampton (SO18 1BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion, an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 145 m² it's 18.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (122 m² median across 9 EPCs). Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £466,000 is 10.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£270/sq ft) was about 84.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £421,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.