Palm Lodge, Flat 4, 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 24 m² (around 258 sq ft) and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. At 24 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Palm Lodge (24–111 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 (41 versus a best of 74). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 24 m² it sits well below the postcode median (48 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold July 2018 for £136,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1995–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£526/sq ft) was about 162.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.