Oakleigh, Dodwell Lane, Bursledon, Southampton, SO31 1AD

Oakleigh is a six-bedroom detached house in Bursledon, Southampton, Southampton (SO31 1AD). It has a recorded floor area of 287 m² (around 3089 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2023) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in March 2017 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 287 m² the property is well over the postcode median (137 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Sold November 2020 for £591,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, an annexe and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £723,000 is 22.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£191/sq ft) was about 38.1% below the postcode norm.