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Get started18 Birchdale is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hythe, Southampton, Southampton (SO45 3HX). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced Southampton HPI: 5.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £272,000 is 20.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£252/sq ft) was about 36.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Sold July 2021 for £225,000. 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.
18 Birchdale has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£272,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 25 years.
£225,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 25 years.
On habitable rooms, 18 Birchdale stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,711
Street avg £2,618
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 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
47.7dB

22 July 2021Most recent
£225,000
+47.5%over 16 years10 September 2004
£152,500
+177.5%over 7 years7 October 1996
£54,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SO45 3HX: £265,000 (2025–2019).
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
SO45 3PY
Bluebell Gardens — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Waterside Primary School. 10 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB
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