3a, Rushton Crescent, Bournemouth, BH3 7AF

3a is a three-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH3 7AF). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since June 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

It hasn't traded since January 2011, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. At 86 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 62 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2006–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £261,000 sits 56.3% above the 2011 sale of £167,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£180/sq ft) was about 30.6% below the postcode norm.