18 Doulton Gardens, Poole, BH14 8RG

18 Doulton Gardens is a three-bedroom detached house in Poole (BH14 8RG). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 80 m² it's 15.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (69 m² median across 29 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £424,000 in January 2020. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£492/sq ft) was about 73.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.