8 Richmond Gardens, Bournemouth, BH1 1JE

8 Richmond Gardens is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH1 1JE). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 58 m² this is the 4th smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–94 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 (39 versus a best of 72). The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 58 m² it's 17.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 14 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £373,000 is 12.3% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£532/sq ft) was about 141.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in February 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.