8 Bluebell Close, Locks Heath, Southampton, SO31 6XE

8 Bluebell Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Locks Heath, Southampton, Southampton (SO31 6XE). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

At 86 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold April 2021 for £315,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £347,000 is 10.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£340/sq ft) was about 67% above the typical sold price in the postcode.