57b, Millais Road, Southampton, SO19 2FY

57b is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Southampton (SO19 2FY). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 40 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (40–163 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 22 units on file. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (85 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: September 2020 at £129,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2005–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £147,000 is 13.5% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£301/sq ft) was about 46.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.