Martins Farm, Shepherds Road, Bartley, Southampton, SO40 2LH

Martins Farm is a detached house in Bartley, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 2LH). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 658 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2011) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The latest certificate is from November 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Today's modelled estimate of £550,000 is 52.2% below the 2022 sale of £1,150,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,747/sq ft) was about 608.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 35 planning records sit against the property, 21 approved, 5 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (113 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold February 2022 for £1,150,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.