11 Bilberry Close, Locks Heath, Southampton, SO31 6XX

11 Bilberry Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Locks Heath, Southampton, Southampton (SO31 6XX). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1158 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since July 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £419,000 sits 61.2% above the 2009 sale of £260,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 16.2% below the postcode norm.