8 Ferndale Road, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4XR

8 Ferndale Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Marchwood, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 4XR). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in May 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £462,000 sits 219.7% above the 1998 sale of £144,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 59.4% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.