Flat 3, 16 Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1DB

Flat 3 is a detached house in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Bournemouth (BH5 1DB). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 344 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 32 m² this is the 2nd 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 (October 2023) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 32 m² it sits well below the postcode median (67 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: October 2020 at £100,000. Across the public record there are 7 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £114,000 is 14% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£290/sq ft) was about 103.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.