5 Carnarvon Road, Bournemouth, BH1 4EW

5 Carnarvon Road is a mid-terrace house in Bournemouth (BH1 4EW). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. At 44 m² this is the 12th smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 26–149 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 30 units on file.

Held since December 1998 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £141,000 sits 266.2% above the 1998 sale of £38,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 39.3% below the postcode norm. At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs).