7 Abbotsfield, Totton, Southampton, SO40 3GW

7 Abbotsfield is a five-bedroom detached house in Totton, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 3GW). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

At 156 m² the property is well over the postcode median (116 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £580,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£345/sq ft) was about 52.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.