20 Cormorant Drive, Hythe, Southampton, SO45 3GG

20 Cormorant Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Hythe, Southampton, Southampton (SO45 3GG). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2017 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88). Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot.

Held since August 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £422,000 sits 231% above the 2000 sale of £127,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£109/sq ft) was about 61.2% below the postcode norm.