Flat 2, 38 Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1DQ

Flat 2 is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Bournemouth (BH5 1DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 41 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (41–68 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 9 units on file. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (59 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On the market in December 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1995–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£307/sq ft) was about 111.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.