17 High Street, Poole, BH15 1AB

17 High Street is a semi-detached house in Poole (BH15 1AB). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). At 76 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–149 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom.

At 76 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 14 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). 7 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 5 refused. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.2% per year. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £400,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.