Palm Lodge, Flat 1, 2 Watkin Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1HP

Palm Lodge is a mid-terrace house in Bournemouth (BH5 1HP). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 36 m² this is the 4th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in Palm Lodge, where floor areas span 24–111 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (74 versus a worst of 41). The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average.

At 36 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (48 m² median across 23 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £130,000 is 13% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 48.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £115,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.