7 Elder Close, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4SN

7 Elder Close is a detached house in Marchwood, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 4SN). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (121 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £346,000 sits 155.4% above the 2001 sale of £135,500. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.