Swallows, Twiggs Lane, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4UN

Swallows is a four-bedroom detached house in Marchwood, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 4UN). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in July 2017 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 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 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 29% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£695/sq ft) was about 117.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2022 for £1,130,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.