12a, Albert Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1BZ

12a is a six-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bournemouth (BH1 1BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 189 m² (around 2034 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. At 189 m² this is the 13th smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 47–189 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in June 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 189 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £344,000 sits 178.5% above the 1997 sale of £123,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£61/sq ft) was about 71.6% below the postcode norm.