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Get started1 Forge Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Langley, Southampton, Southampton (SO45 1XS). It has a recorded floor area of 179 m² (around 1927 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in April 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Sale prices here have lagged Southampton HPI: -6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £513,000 sits 86.5% above the 2009 sale of £275,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 19.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 179 m² it's 23.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (145 m² median across 8 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.
1 Forge Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Garage conversion, rear dormer & fenestration alteration & ramp access
1 Forge Road changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£513,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -6.0% per year over 1 year.
£275,000
Growth on file: -6.0% per year over 1 year.
On floor area, 1 Forge Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£1,536
Street avg £2,789
Floor Area
179 m²
Street avg 139 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
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9 April 2009Most recent
£275,000
-8.3%over 1 year13 November 2007
£300,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SO45 1XS: £295,000 (2023–2012).
Brambles Forge Road Langley Southampton
Sold Feb 2023
Mistletoe Forge Road Langley Southampton
Sold May 2018
Laurel Bank Forge Road Langley Southampton
Sold Aug 2016
Black Sail Forge Road Langley Southampton
Sold May 2016
Bracken Forge Road Langley Southampton
Sold Mar 2000
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
SO45 1BR
West Common — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Blackfield Primary and Nursery School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB
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