The Point, Flat 18, Marina Close, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1BS

The Point is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Bournemouth (BH5 1BS). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band G. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. At 143 m² this is the 32nd smallest of 33 units on EPC record in The Point, where floor areas span 69–144 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (64 versus a best of 84). The latest certificate (October 2016) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 143 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 32 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 2003–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£549/sq ft) was about 48% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in May 2017.