Flat 1, 4 Cecil Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1DU

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 1DU). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). At 36 m² this is the 11th smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 13–46 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 12 units on file.

At 36 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (30 m² median across 87 EPCs). Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£455/sq ft) was about 126.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £176,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.