Flat 1, 21 Cecil Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1DX

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 1DX). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 60 m² this is the 5th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 45–94 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (48 versus a best of 74). The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 60 m² the property is well over the postcode median (45 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2000, sale prices on this property compounded at 21.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £145,000 sits 190% above the 2000 sale of £50,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£77/sq ft) was about 69.4% below the postcode norm.