Layton, High Street, Hamble, Southampton, SO31 4HA

Layton is a semi-detached house in Hamble, Southampton, Southampton (SO31 4HA). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in March 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£503/sq ft) was about 81.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £785,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.