Chartwell, Flat 4, 8 The Avenue, Poole, BH13 6AG

Chartwell is a two-bedroom detached house in Poole (BH13 6AG). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. At 91 m² this is the 9th smallest of 17 units on EPC record in Chartwell, where floor areas span 79–124 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (52 versus a best of 79). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since March 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 91 m² it's 20.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (115 m² median across 59 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £265,000 is 46.8% above the 2003 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£184/sq ft) was about 23.4% below the postcode norm.