Cecil House, Flat 3, 2 Cecil Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1DU

Cecil House is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 1DU). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 50 m² this is the 4th smallest of 5 units on EPC record in Cecil House, where floor areas span 43–76 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good.

Held since May 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 50 m² the property is well over the postcode median (30 m² across 87 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £139,000 is 46.3% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£177/sq ft) was about 15.4% below the postcode norm.