The Hermitage, Flat 4, 53 Hermitage Road, Poole, BH14 0QG

The Hermitage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Poole (BH14 0QG). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 104 m² this is the 7th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in The Hermitage, where floor areas span 27–107 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (32 versus a best of 72).

At 104 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2010–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £339,000 is 23.3% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 27.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in May 2014.