3 Church Lane, Portesham, Weymouth, DT3 4HB

3 Church Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Portesham, Weymouth, Weymouth (DT3 4HB). It has a recorded floor area of 200 m² (around 2153 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 91). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 1998 — that's 28 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. At 200 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £689,000 sits 356.3% above the 1998 sale of £151,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£70/sq ft) was about 74.4% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.