5 Hands Lane, Abbotsbury, Weymouth, DT3 4JW

5 Hands Lane is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Abbotsbury, Weymouth, Weymouth (DT3 4JW). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 55), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views and outbuildings. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £464,000 is 27.1% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 27% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.