Flat 1, 5 Knyveton Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3QF

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH1 3QF). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 42 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (42–57 m²). The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72).

At 42 m² it's 26.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£376/sq ft) was about 36.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2019 for £170,000.