1a, Downs Park Crescent, Totton, Southampton, SO40 9GQ

1a is a three-bedroom detached house in Totton, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 9GQ). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows an E (score 40), 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 October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 123 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £426,000 is 36.3% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£236/sq ft) was about 21.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in March 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.