The Hayloft, Abbey Hill, Netley Abbey, Southampton, SO31 5FA
About The Hayloft
The Hayloft is a semi-detached house in Netley Abbey, Southampton, Southampton (SO31 5FA). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 105 m² it's 26.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 19 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£531/sq ft) was about 43.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2022 for £600,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
The Hayloft sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
The Hayloft has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£652,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£600,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
13 April 2022Most recent
£600,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SO31 5FA: £765,000 (2023–2022).
Nearby sales in SO31 5FA
7 Castle View, Abbey Hill, Netley Abbey, Southampton, SO31 5FA
Sold Jan 2023
£345,000Netley Castle, The Tower House, Abbey Hill, Netley Abbey, Southampton, SO31 5FA
Sold Sept 2022
£1,100,000Netley Castle, Flat 9, Abbey Hill, Netley Abbey, Southampton, SO31 5FA
Sold Aug 2022
£765,000Netley Castle, Flat 2, Abbey Hill, Netley Abbey, Southampton, SO31 5FA
Sold Jul 2022
£882,5003 Castle View, Abbey Hill, Netley Abbey, Southampton, SO31 5FA
Sold Jan 2022
£330,000
Versus other Abbey Hill homes
The Hayloft is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
44 (E)
Street avg 73 (C)
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 194 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
St Edwards Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Weston Shore Infant School. 15 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB







