Bells House, Flat 6, Giddy Lake, Wimborne, BH21 2QU

Bells House is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Wimborne (BH21 2QU). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. At 74 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in Bells House, where floor areas span 56–131 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since November 1998, a hold of 28 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 £222,000 sits 248.2% above the 1998 sale of £63,750. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£80/sq ft) was about 61.4% below the postcode norm. At 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (121 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.