23 Beechwood Gardens, Southampton, SO18 4JU

23 Beechwood Gardens is a three-bedroom detached house in Southampton (SO18 4JU). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

Held since March 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £336,000 sits 339.2% above the 1995 sale of £76,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£65/sq ft) was about 68.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.