Flat 1, 17 Undercliff Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1BL

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 1BL). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 80 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (18–80 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (53 versus a best of 60). The latest certificate (October 2017) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£290/sq ft) was about 29.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £250,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.