16 Valentine Avenue, Southampton, SO19 0ER

16 Valentine Avenue is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Southampton (SO19 0ER). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in December 2015 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89). The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £458,000 is 40.9% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£236/sq ft) was about 18.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 8 years since the last transfer (May 2018).