Pond Cottage, Lower Sandy Down Lane, Boldre, Lymington, SO41 8PP

Pond Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Boldre, Lymington, Lymington (SO41 8PP). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 87 m² it sits well below the postcode median (158 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, partial demolition and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £622,000 is 37.8% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£482/sq ft) was about 59.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 13 years since the last transfer (July 2013).