Flat 4, 42 Grosvenor Gardens, Bournemouth, BH1 4HH

Flat 4 is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH1 4HH). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. At 37 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–44 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 81.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 37 m² it's 15.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (44 m² median across 77 EPCs). Last sale on file: £137,000 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.