The Gables, Flat 5, 60 Lansdowne Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1AJ

The Gables is an end-of-terrace house in Bournemouth (BH1 1AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 822 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The latest certificate (September 2009) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 76 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 8 units on EPC record in The Gables, where floor areas span 74–125 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (81 versus a worst of 71).

It hasn't traded since May 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 20% above the typical sold price in the postcode.