Flanders House, Silver Street, Sway, Lymington, SO41 6DG

Flanders House is a five-bedroom detached house in Sway, Lymington, Lymington (SO41 6DG). It has a recorded floor area of 281 m² (around 3026 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2010) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

It hasn't traded since August 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 24.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,296,000 sits 105.7% above the 2002 sale of £630,000. At 281 m² the property is well over the postcode median (158 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.