8 Furze Road, Southampton, SO19 8PE

8 Furze Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Southampton (SO19 8PE). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in January 2020 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 115 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2021. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2020–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 87% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£283/sq ft) was about 50.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.