Mermaid Court, Flat 14, 42 Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1BQ

Mermaid Court is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Bournemouth (BH5 1BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. At 72 m² this is the 11th smallest of 14 units on EPC record in Mermaid Court, where floor areas span 52–81 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (80 versus a worst of 40). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (March 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good.

At 72 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 19 EPCs). Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£335/sq ft) was about 20.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.