Beechwood House, Flat 5, Beechwood Road, Bartley, Southampton, SO40 2LP

Beechwood House is a two-bedroom detached house in Bartley, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 2LP). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since October 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (118 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1996–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £234,000 is 23.2% above the 2009 sale price.