Lower Flat, 7 Fortescue Road, Bournemouth, BH3 7JT

Lower Flat is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH3 7JT). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

Held since February 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 123 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £403,000 sits 510.6% above the 1997 sale of £66,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£50/sq ft) was about 72.2% below the postcode norm.