98a, Chickerell Road, Weymouth, DT4 0BN

98a is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Weymouth (DT4 0BN). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (77 m² across 32 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2010–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 is 20% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£640/sq ft) was about 264% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (October 2017).