The Hermitage, Flat 6, 53 Hermitage Road, Poole, BH14 0QG

The Hermitage is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Poole (BH14 0QG). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 57 m² this is the 3rd 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 across 8 units on file. Other recorded features include a balcony. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £177,000 in March 2022. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 48.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 57 m² it's 27.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 28 EPCs).