Flat 1, 10 Crabton Close Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1HL

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 1HL). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 44 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–70 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 44 m² it's 26.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 61 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£380/sq ft) was about 123% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £180,000 in May 2024.