Bracken Court, Flat 2, 16 Dean Park Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1HX

Bracken Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH1 1HX). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 80 m² this is the 6th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in Bracken Court, where floor areas span 70–91 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (44 versus a best of 79).

It hasn't traded since May 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £210,000 sits 228.1% above the 1995 sale of £64,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£74/sq ft) was about 60.4% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2019. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).