The Hove, Old Lyndhurst Road, Cadnam, Southampton, SO40 2NL

The Hove is a four-bedroom detached house in Cadnam, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 2NL). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£534/sq ft) was about 103.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £880,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.