Palm Lodge, Flat 7, 2 Watkin Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1HP

Palm Lodge is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bournemouth (BH5 1HP). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 344 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. At 32 m² this is the 3rd 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. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 32 m² it sits well below the postcode median (48 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£409/sq ft) was about 104.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2021 at £141,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.