Flat 1, 6 Crabton Close Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1HL

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 1HL). It has a recorded floor area of 239 m² (around 2573 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2016); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

Across 1996–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £308,000 is 51.9% below the 2023 sale of £640,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£249/sq ft) was about 45.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 239 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 61 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £640,000 in June 2023.