Hurstlea Cottage, Fox Pond Lane, Pennington, Lymington, SO41 8FW

Hurstlea Cottage is a semi-detached house in Pennington, Lymington, Lymington (SO41 8FW). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £524,000 is 23.3% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£476/sq ft) was about 40.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 83 m² it sits well below the postcode median (146 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in January 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.