16 Frances Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3RZ

16 Frances Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH1 3RZ). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £404,000 sits 61.6% above the 2013 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£172/sq ft) was about 36.6% below the postcode norm. Last sold in October 2013, so it's been off the market for around 13 years.