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Get startedOverlea is a semi-detached house in Blackfield, Southampton, Southampton (SO45 1XB). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.
At 92 m² it's 21.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (117 m² median across 22 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £361,000 is 38.8% above the 2021 sale price. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£361,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£260,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Overlea is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,826
Street avg £3,178
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB

15 January 2021Most recent
£260,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SO45 1XB: £399,950 (2025–2021).
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CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
SO45 1XB
Blackfield Crossroads — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Blackfield Primary and Nursery School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB
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