Flat 3, 5 Woodford Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3PQ

Flat 3 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH1 3PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (188 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Sold August 2021 for £214,000. Across the public record there are 5 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 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 60.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.