17 Shaftesbury Street, Fordingbridge, SP6 1JF

17 Shaftesbury Street is a detached house in Fordingbridge (SP6 1JF). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 42 m² this is the 7th smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–136 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 30 units on file.

On the market in September 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 42 m² it's 27.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 29 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 90% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £127,000 is 10.4% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£254/sq ft) was about 25% above the typical sold price in the postcode.