1 Fir Road, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AZ

1 Fir Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Ashurst, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 7AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in March 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (118 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £642,000 sits 399.6% above the 1998 sale of £128,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£75/sq ft) was about 70.5% below the postcode norm.