77 Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1BG

77 Sea Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Bournemouth (BH5 1BG). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 70 m² this is the 15th smallest of 19 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 21–301 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (November 2025) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Held since December 1995 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 70 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–1995, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £209,000 sits 248.3% above the 1995 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£80/sq ft) was about 74.1% below the postcode norm.