Flat 2, 604 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 0AN

Flat 2 is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Poole (BH14 0AN). It has a recorded floor area of 23 m² (around 248 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. At 23 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (23–75 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 6 units on file. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£495/sq ft) was about 238.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 23 m² it sits well below the postcode median (45 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £122,500. Across the public record there are 8 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.