Alton House, Flat 5, 96 Midanbury Lane, Southampton, SO18 4HD

Alton House is a semi-detached house in Southampton (SO18 4HD). 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. At 47 m² this is the 5th smallest of 9 units on EPC record in Alton House, where floor areas span 39–72 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since July 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £134,000. Across the public record there are 8 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 50.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.