Flat 5, 38 Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1DQ

Flat 5 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Bournemouth (BH5 1DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 62 m² this is the 8th smallest of 9 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–68 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 9 units on file.

Held since February 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £169,000 sits 275.6% above the 1995 sale of £45,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 48.3% below the postcode norm.