7 Litchford Road, New Milton, BH25 5BQ

7 Litchford Road is a four-bedroom detached house in New Milton (BH25 5BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1701 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 158 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £647,000 is 34.1% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£284/sq ft) was about 15.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in February 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.