86a, High Street, Poole, BH15 1DB

86a is a mid-terrace house in Poole (BH15 1DB). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 89 m² this is the 12th smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–109 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (53 versus a best of 79). The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump.

At 89 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£240/sq ft) was about 110.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £230,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.