41 High Ridge Crescent, New Milton, BH25 5BT

41 High Ridge Crescent is a four-bedroom detached house in New Milton (BH25 5BT). It has a recorded floor area of 192 m² (around 2067 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in August 2018 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 192 m² the property is well over the postcode median (126 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2018–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 32.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £777,000 is 13.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 32.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £685,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.