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Get started5 New Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Exbury, Southampton, Southampton (SO45 1AH). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in November 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced Southampton HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £576,000 is 10.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£425/sq ft) was about 21.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 114 m² it's 22.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (93 m² median across 23 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £522,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
5 New Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£576,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 8 years.
£522,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 8 years.
5 New Cottages is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£4,579
Street avg £4,410
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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9 April 2021Most recent
£522,000
+49.1%over 7 years2 August 2013
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SO45 1AH: £572,500 (2022–2019).
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
SO45 1DA
Exbury Gardens — bus stop.
Closest school
2.5 km
Blackfield Primary and Nursery School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB
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