Flat 1, 2 Rushton Crescent, Bournemouth, BH3 7AF

Flat 1 is a mid-terrace house in Bournemouth (BH3 7AF). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 44 m² this is the 5th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–107 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).

Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£382/sq ft) was about 53.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 44 m² it's 22.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 62 EPCs). Last sale on file: £181,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.