Mermaid Court, Flat 15, 42 Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1BQ

Mermaid Court is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Bournemouth (BH5 1BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. At 80 m² this is the 13th 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. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a C (score 72). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since August 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average.

Across 2012–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £360,000 is 13.9% below the 2022 sale of £418,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£485/sq ft) was about 78.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 80 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £418,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.