Flat 3, 20 Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1DD

Flat 3 is a semi-detached house in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Bournemouth (BH5 1DD). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 37 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–86 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 4 units on file.

Held since December 2002 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2002–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 17% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £117,000 sits 100% above the 2002 sale of £58,500. At 37 m² it's 21.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (47 m² median across 28 EPCs).