5 Maxwell Road, Poole, BH13 7JB

5 Maxwell Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Poole (BH13 7JB). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows a G (score 16), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (January 2017); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 115 m² this is the 6th smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 62–233 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to A, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (16 versus a best of 92).

At 115 m² it sits well below the postcode median (166 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £1,148,000 is 35.9% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£683/sq ft) was about 90.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in July 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.