5 Magpie Gardens, Southampton, SO19 1BS

5 Magpie Gardens is a three-bedroom detached house in Southampton (SO19 1BS). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Other recorded features include a conservatory.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 126% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 90 m² it's 19.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 4 EPCs). Last sale on file: £372,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.