3 Helford Gardens, West End, Southampton, SO18 3LX

3 Helford Gardens is an end-of-terrace house in West End, Southampton, Southampton (SO18 3LX). It has a recorded floor area of 27 m² (around 291 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 27 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–82 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 30 units on file.

At 27 m² it sits well below the postcode median (44 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £112,000 is 12.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 41.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £99,950. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.