St James Court, Flat 5, 7 Owls Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1AJ

St James Court is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 1AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on electricity. At 64 m² this is the 15th smallest of 29 units on EPC record in St James Court, where floor areas span 47–73 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 29 units on file.

Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£348/sq ft) was about 68% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £240,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.