Flat 1, 37 Hawkwood Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1DS

Flat 1 is a two-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 1DS). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 81 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (49–81 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 81 m² the property is well over the postcode median (45 m² across 42 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £215,000. Across the public record there are 5 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 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £240,000 is 11.6% above the 2021 sale price.