5 Leigh Road, Wimborne, BH21 1AB

5 Leigh Road is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Wimborne (BH21 1AB). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft) and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. At 39 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (39–146 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the bottom. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (73 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1998–1998, sale prices on this property compounded at 78.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £158,000 sits 364.7% above the 1998 sale of £34,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 73.3% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.