Flat 5, 16 Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1DB

Flat 5 is a detached house in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Bournemouth (BH5 1DB). It has a recorded floor area of 30 m² (around 323 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 30 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (30–75 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 7 units on file. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 30 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 5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£341/sq ft) was about 127.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £110,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.