5 Bright Wire Crescent, Eastleigh, SO50 5SQ

5 Bright Wire Crescent is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Eastleigh (SO50 5SQ). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2026) shows a C (score 73). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since September 2015. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. At 42 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 89 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–113 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 89 units on file.

At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (73 m² across 88 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2005–2021, sale prices here grew 0.3% per year, broadly in step with Eastleigh's 0% HPI growth. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 40.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £151,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.