40 Chessel Crescent, Southampton, SO19 4BS

40 Chessel Crescent is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Southampton (SO19 4BS). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since April 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £458,000 sits 61.6% above the 2011 sale of £283,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£194/sq ft) was about 17.3% below the postcode norm.