Howard Court, Flat 4, 59 Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, BH3 7AL

Howard Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH3 7AL). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 709 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. At 66 m² this is the 7th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in Howard Court, where floor areas span 60–70 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a balcony. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since March 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £187,000 is 49.6% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£176/sq ft) was about 25.3% below the postcode norm.