Flat 3, 15 Borthwick Road, Bournemouth, BH1 4ER

Flat 3 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH1 4ER). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. At 45 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–73 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 4 units on file.

Held since July 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 45 m² it's 15.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (39 m² median across 31 EPCs). Across 1997–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £132,000 is 41.9% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£192/sq ft) was about 45.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.