Sold Price History


Esplanade, Ventnor house prices

Esplanade, Ventnor house prices are built from 54 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2006 and the most recent on 13 Feb 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £251,250. Across the 14 years from 2007 to 2021 the median moved +85.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +34.5%.

Median price paid

£251,250

Change in cash, 2007–2021

+85.0%

Change in real terms

+34.5%

Median per m²

£3,617

HM Land Registry54 sales6 with floor areaLatest sale 13 Feb 2025

Section 01

How Esplanade, Ventnor prices moved

The chart tracks the median Esplanade, Ventnor house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2006 to 2021. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.

Esplanade, Ventnor house prices by year, median price paid 2006 to 2021
Solid line: the median price actually paid. Dashed line: the same medians restated in 2026 money using ONS CPIH.
DecadeYears with salesMedian paidIn today's money
2000s2£199,950£364,250
2020s1£370,000£378,043
Median of the yearly medians in each decade.

The highest yearly median on record for Esplanade, Ventnor is £370,000 in 2021; the lowest is £199,950 in 2007. Across the full 16-year record the cash median has moved from £337,500 to £370,000.

In 2026 money that first median is worth £600,852, so the real change over the whole record is -22.2% — about -1.66% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.

Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +85.0% in cash against +34.5% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.

Section 02

The most recent sales

Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.

AddressSoldTypePrice paidIn today's money
Flat 5 Richmond Apartments13 Feb 2025Flat or maisonette£320,000£326,957
3 Riviera15 Mar 2024Flat or maisonette£825,000£868,097
Flat 2 Richmond Apartments13 May 2022Flat or maisonette£275,000£318,611
Lobster Lodge18 Oct 2021Terraced£680,000£859,140
3 the Metropole31 Mar 2021Flat or maisonette£330,000£416,935
Flat 1 Beach Court19 Mar 2021Flat or maisonette£295,000£372,715
Sunset11 Mar 2021Semi-detached£510,000£644,355
5 Metropole19 Feb 2021Flat or maisonette£370,000£467,473
Flat 2 Richmond Hotel29 Aug 2019Flat or maisonette£205,000£268,135
The Beach Shop21 Jul 2017Flat or maisonette£125,000£170,125
Flat 1 Mari Laetare16 Dec 2016Flat or maisonette£362,000£505,366
Canute Cottage28 Oct 2016Terraced£175,000£244,307
Flat 2 Richmond Hotel30 Mar 2016Flat or maisonette£130,000£181,485
Flat 1 Mari Laetare16 Dec 2015Flat or maisonette£200,000£282,000
Flat 1 Richmond Hotel25 Jul 2014Flat or maisonette£165,000£236,673
Canute Cottage2 Apr 2014Terraced£175,000£251,017
Bay Lodge12 Sep 2013Detached£255,000£371,820
11 the Metropole7 Jun 2013Flat or maisonette£499,950£728,986
Bay Lodge1 Nov 2012Detached£247,500£369,677
3 Riviera1 Mar 2012Flat or maisonette£432,500£646,001
9 the Metropole22 Jul 2011Flat or maisonette£325,000£498,098
Flat 2 Pier View19 Jan 2011Flat or maisonette£188,000£288,130
10 the Metropole1 Apr 2010Flat or maisonette£500,000£798,414
10 the Metropole6 Mar 2009Flat or maisonette£560,000£920,280
Seaspray18 Jul 2008Semi-detached£175,000£293,750
The 25 most recent sales on the record.

Section 03

Homes that sold twice

These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Esplanade, Ventnor values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.

AddressFirst recorded saleMost recent saleCash a yearReal a year
3 RIVIERA Esplanade£340,000 (2006)£825,000 (2024)+5.0%+2.0%
3 the METROPOLE Esplanade£320,000 (2006)£330,000 (2021)+0.2%-2.1%
5 METROPOLE Esplanade£310,400 (2006)£370,000 (2021)+1.2%-1.1%
FLAT 2 RICHMOND HOTEL Esplanade£130,000 (2016)£205,000 (2019)+16.4%+13.9%
FLAT 1 MARI LAETARE Esplanade£200,000 (2015)£362,000 (2016)+81.0%+79.2%
CANUTE COTTAGE Esplanade£175,000 (2014)£175,000 (2016)0.0%-1.3%
BAY LODGE Esplanade£247,500 (2012)£255,000 (2013)+3.0%+0.6%
11 the METROPOLE Esplanade£585,000 (2007)£499,950 (2013)-2.6%-5.4%
9 the METROPOLE Esplanade£375,000 (2006)£325,000 (2011)-2.8%-5.7%
FLAT 2 PIER VIEW Esplanade£37,500 (1996)£188,000 (2011)+11.3%+8.8%
10 the METROPOLE Esplanade£500,000 (2006)£500,000 (2010)0.0%-2.7%
SEASPRAY Esplanade£165,000 (2007)£175,000 (2008)+6.1%+2.4%
Annualised change between the first and last recorded sale of the same address.

Section 04

What sells here

The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Esplanade, Ventnor is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.

Property typeSalesShareMedian paidRange
Flat or maisonette4379.6%£310,400£32,500 – £825,000
Detached47.4%£120,000£24,500 – £255,000
Semi-detached47.4%£175,000£165,000 – £510,000
Terraced35.6%£175,000£175,000 – £680,000
Property types as recorded by HM Land Registry.

Section 06

Ownership and new build in Esplanade, Ventnor

41 of the sales on record are leasehold and 13 freehold — 75.9% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.

The median leasehold sale is £310,400 and the median freehold sale £175,000 — a gap of -43.6%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.

CategorySalesShareMedian paid
Leasehold4175.9%£310,400
Freehold1324.1%£175,000
New build916.7%£343,500
Existing home4583.3%£199,950
Shares are of the sales used on this page.

New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +71.8%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.

A further 13 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.

Section 09

How Esplanade, Ventnor compares

The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Esplanade, Ventnor sits above that national figure — +59.5%.

Within Ventnor the street ranks 53 of 229 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £162,000 (+55.1%).

Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,617 per square metre, across 6 of the 54 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.

The full range on record runs from £24,500 to £825,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.

Section 10

Nearby on the record

Streets nearby

Addresses with more than one recorded sale

Back to Ventnor house prices.

Quick answers

Common questions about this data

What is the average house price in Esplanade, Ventnor?

The median price paid in Esplanade, Ventnor across every sale on the register is £251,250. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.

How many homes have sold in Esplanade, Ventnor?

54 sales are on record for Esplanade, Ventnor, the most recent completing on 13 Feb 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.

Have Esplanade, Ventnor house prices actually risen?

In cash, the median rose +85.0% between 2007 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +34.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.

When were Esplanade, Ventnor house prices at their highest?

The highest yearly median on record is £370,000, set in 2021. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.

What is the price per square metre in Esplanade, Ventnor?

£3,617 per square metre, from the 6 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.

How current is this data?

The latest sale shown here completed on 13 Feb 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.

Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Esplanade, Ventnor house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.