Ashurst Mews, Flat 5, 30 Midanbury Lane, Southampton, SO18 4GP

Ashurst Mews is a one-bedroom detached house in Southampton (SO18 4GP). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. At 47 m² this is the 5th smallest of 21 units on EPC record in Ashurst Mews, where floor areas span 43–103 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (48 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (December 2022) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in November 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 47 m² it's 23% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £148,000 sits 131.4% above the 2000 sale of £63,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£126/sq ft) was about 38.1% below the postcode norm.