209 Bitterne Road West, Southampton, SO18 1BL

209 Bitterne Road West is a semi-detached house in Southampton (SO18 1BL). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since November 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £146,000 sits 430.9% above the 1997 sale of £27,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£46/sq ft) was about 56% below the postcode norm. At 55 m² it's 21.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2012.