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Get startedVerna is a five-bedroom detached house in Holbury, Southampton, Southampton (SO45 2HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2017) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Southampton HPI: 4.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£280/sq ft) was about 52% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer was April 2025 at £518,000 — fresh data. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at Verna.
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two-storey rear extension
Verna has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2001.
£514,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 24 years.
£518,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 24 years.
Verna is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£3,012
Street avg £2,917
Floor Area
172 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Lime Kiln Lane — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB

29 April 2025Most recent
£518,000
+85.0%over 15 years23 July 2009
£280,000
+55.6%over 7 years10 August 2001
£180,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SO45 2HJ: £260,000 (2023–2022).
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
SO45 2EY
Closest school
0.2 km
Lift New Forest. 11 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.8dB
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