Flat 1, 3 Langley Road, Poole, BH14 9AA

Flat 1 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Poole (BH14 9AA). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 87 m² this is the 16th smallest of 18 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–91 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (65 versus a best of 81). The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

Held since August 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 87 m² the property is well over the postcode median (47 m² across 44 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £239,000 sits 56.2% above the 2003 sale of £153,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£163/sq ft) was about 34.5% below the postcode norm.