Portland House, Flat 1, 8 East Avenue, Bournemouth, BH3 7BY

Portland House is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bournemouth (BH3 7BY). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. At 85 m² this is the 4th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in Portland House, where floor areas span 71–112 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2021. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£290/sq ft) was about 28.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £265,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.