Flat 4, 26 Knole Road, Bournemouth, BH1 4DH

Flat 4 is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH1 4DH). It has a recorded floor area of 27 m² (around 291 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 27 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (27–33 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 64). The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since March 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 27 m² it sits well below the postcode median (55 m² across 66 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £107,000 is 23% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£299/sq ft) was about 38.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £87,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.