43 Chessel Avenue, Southampton, SO19 4DY

43 Chessel Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Southampton (SO19 4DY). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since February 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Southampton HPI: 51.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £326,000 is 30.4% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 58.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (129 m² across 26 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.