229a, Spring Road, Southampton, SO19 2NY

229a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Southampton (SO19 2NY). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 84 m² this is the 54th smallest of 66 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 12–157 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in November 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 84 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 65 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £142,000 sits 278.7% above the 1998 sale of £37,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£41/sq ft) was about 75.5% below the postcode norm.