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

35 Helford Gardens is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in West End, Southampton, Southampton (SO18 3LX). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

At 64 m² the property is well over the postcode median (41 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2009–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £293,000 is 17.2% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£363/sq ft) was about 48% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £250,000 in July 2023.