18a, Ashley Road, Bournemouth, BH1 4LQ

18a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bournemouth (BH1 4LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. At 65 m² this is the 9th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–65 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (December 2017) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

It hasn't traded since November 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. 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 £204,000 sits 177.6% above the 1999 sale of £73,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£105/sq ft) was about 22.7% below the postcode norm. At 65 m² it's 27.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (51 m² median across 10 EPCs).