The Old Bakery, Riverside Close, Bartley, Southampton, SO40 2LW

The Old Bakery is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Bartley, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 2LW). It has a recorded floor area of 170 m² (around 1830 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 170 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£383/sq ft) was about 39.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £700,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.