Flat 1, 14 Carlton Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3TG

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH1 3TG). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 75 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 29–90 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (62 versus a best of 72). The latest certificate (April 2016) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £178,000 is 15.2% below the 2021 sale of £210,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£260/sq ft) was about 56% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 75 m² it's 26.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 66 EPCs). Last sale on file: £210,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.