5 Lorne Place, Dean Road, Southampton, SO18 6SQ

5 Lorne Place is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southampton (SO18 6SQ). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 43 m² it's 25.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £148,000 is 12.1% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£285/sq ft) was about 17.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in September 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years.