Vista Farm Cottage, Lymore Lane, Milford On Sea, Lymington, SO41 0TX

Vista Farm Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Milford On Sea, Lymington, Lymington (SO41 0TX). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £644,000 is 36.3% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£303/sq ft) was about 15.9% below the postcode norm. At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in July 2014.