Alexandra Lodge, Flat 17, Parsonage Road, Bournemouth, BH1 2HL

Alexandra Lodge is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH1 2HL). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2013 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 49 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 18 units on EPC record in Alexandra Lodge, where floor areas span 47–68 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 (43 versus a best of 80). Other recorded features include a balcony.

Held since June 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 49 m² it's 21% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (62 m² median across 33 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £227,000 is 11.8% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£385/sq ft) was about 221.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.