23 Beech Gardens, Hamble, Southampton, SO31 4LE

23 Beech Gardens is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hamble, Southampton, Southampton (SO31 4LE). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

At 103 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2005–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £405,000 sits 77.6% above the 2013 sale of £228,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£206/sq ft) was about 22.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2010.