Flat 4, 83 Purewell, Christchurch, BH23 1EJ

Flat 4 is a semi-detached house in Christchurch (BH23 1EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 40 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (40–51 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (44 versus a best of 66). The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (87 m² across 23 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. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 57.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £128,500 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.