Flat 2, 16 Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1DB

Flat 2 is a semi-detached house in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Bournemouth (BH5 1DB). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 37 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–75 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (67 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£311/sq ft) was about 118.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £124,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.