14 Whartons Close, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7EE

14 Whartons Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Ashurst, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 7EE). It has a recorded floor area of 189 m² (around 2034 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average.

At 189 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£441/sq ft) was about 18.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £898,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.