Flat 4, 44 Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, BH3 7AD

Flat 4 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH3 7AD). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 35 m² this is the 5th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 23–64 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (49 versus a best of 76). The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (January 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 35 m² it's 28.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (49 m² median across 21 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £130,000 is 13% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 16.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £115,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.