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

Flat 4 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH1 4ER). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony.

At 73 m² the property is well over the postcode median (39 m² across 31 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. 13 years since the last transfer (January 2013). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £163,000 is 48.2% above the 2013 sale price.