The Hermitage, Flat 7, 53 Hermitage Road, Poole, BH14 0QG

The Hermitage is a one-bedroom detached house in Poole (BH14 0QG). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2013. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). At 84 m² this is the 5th 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.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in January 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £218,000 sits 186.8% above the 2000 sale of £76,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£84/sq ft) was about 57.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 84 m² it's 15.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 28 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs).