The Croft, Salterns Lane, Bursledon, Southampton, SO31 8DH

The Croft is a six-bedroom detached house in Bursledon, Southampton, Southampton (SO31 8DH). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012 onwards and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,499,000 is 14.8% below the 2021 sale of £1,760,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£4,955/sq ft) was about 1703.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 33 m² it sits well below the postcode median (261 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £1,760,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.