Flat 3, 30 Stafford Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1JH

Flat 3 is a two-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH1 1JH). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 55 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 18–58 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (71 versus a worst of 40). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good.

At 55 m² the property is well over the postcode median (35 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). Sold September 2021 for £137,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £160,000 is 16.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 28% above the typical sold price in the postcode.