15 Kestrel Close, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4XL

15 Kestrel Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Marchwood, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 4XL). It has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (around 1744 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since December 2009 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 162 m² the property is well over the postcode median (121 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £449,000 sits 60.4% above the 2009 sale of £280,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£161/sq ft) was about 21.5% below the postcode norm.