Mallard Grange, Flat G, 45 Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1DL

Mallard Grange is a semi-detached house in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Bournemouth (BH5 1DL). It has a recorded floor area of 20 m² (around 215 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 20 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 12 units on EPC record in Mallard Grange, where floor areas span 19–36 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 20 m² it sits well below the postcode median (71 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £120,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£557/sq ft) was about 149.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.