8 Albany Close, Barton On Sea, New Milton, BH25 7HE

8 Albany Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Barton On Sea, New Milton, New Milton (BH25 7HE). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 85% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£461/sq ft) was about 25.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £755,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.