25a, Corporation Road, Bournemouth, BH1 4SJ

25a is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH1 4SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 61 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 60–128 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (76 versus a worst of 14). The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good.

At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (94 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£350/sq ft) was about 98.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £230,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.