3 Barton Common Lane, New Milton, BH25 5PS

3 Barton Common Lane is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in New Milton (BH25 5PS). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1286 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2010) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1995–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £571,000 sits 191.3% above the 1999 sale of £196,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£152/sq ft) was about 44.4% below the postcode norm. At 120 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (157 m² median across 20 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.