Palm Lodge, Flat 3, 2 Watkin Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1HP

Palm Lodge is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 1HP). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). At 54 m² this is the 6th 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 across 8 units on file.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 54 m² it's 17.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (46 m² median across 23 EPCs). Across 2001–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £168,000 is 23.1% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£235/sq ft) was about 15.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.