Valley View, Flat 8, Furze Road, Southampton, SO19 8PE

Valley View is an end-of-terrace house in Southampton (SO19 8PE). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1991-1995. At 41 m² this is the 4th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in Valley View, where floor areas span 35–80 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (70 versus a worst of 55). The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a C (score 70). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (65 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £127,000 is 33.7% above the 2006 sale price.