26 Alfred Close, Totton, Southampton, SO40 8TD

26 Alfred Close is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Totton, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 8TD). It has a recorded floor area of 26 m² (around 280 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. At 26 m² this is the 9th smallest of 41 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 23–113 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 26 m² it sits well below the postcode median (45 m² across 40 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. A recent sale: £109,000 in March 2025. Across 1999–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £120,000 is 10.1% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£389/sq ft) was about 74.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.