29 Barnes Close, Southampton, SO18 5FE

29 Barnes Close is a detached house in Southampton (SO18 5FE). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

At 84 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2009–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -34.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £264,000 sits 32900% above the 2022 sale of £800. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1/sq ft) was about 99.4% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £800 in February 2022. Across the public record there are 4 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.