22 Kennet Close, West End, Southampton, SO18 3JY

22 Kennet Close is an end-of-terrace house in West End, Southampton, Southampton (SO18 3JY). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 39 m² this is the 11th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–86 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (32 versus a best of 77).

It hasn't traded since March 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 39 m² it's 29.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 30 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £131,000 is 29.7% above the 2006 sale price.