14 Ashbury Cottages, Hinton Martell, Wimborne, BH21 7HG

14 Ashbury Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hinton Martell, Wimborne, Wimborne (BH21 7HG). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since November 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 £423,000 sits 483.4% above the 1996 sale of £72,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£76/sq ft) was about 67% below the postcode norm.