Boldre Grange, The Stables, Southampton Road, Boldre, Lymington, SO41 8PT

Boldre Grange is a nine-bedroom semi-detached house in Boldre, Lymington, Lymington (SO41 8PT). It has a recorded floor area of 278 m² (around 2992 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.

Held since December 1998 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 278 m² the property is well over the postcode median (162 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 9 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,111,000 sits 383% above the 1998 sale of £230,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£77/sq ft) was about 58% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.