The Hermitage, Flat 9, 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 87 m² (around 936 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 87 m² this is the 6th 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 top. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since September 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.

3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 87 m² it's 19.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 28 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.9% per year. Sold October 2022 for £180,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.