Glen Manor, Flat 5, 18 Glen Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1HR

Glen Manor is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 1HR). It has a recorded floor area of 29 m² (around 312 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 29 m² this is the 5th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in Glen Manor, where floor areas span 23–43 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 67). The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since May 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 29 m² it sits well below the postcode median (57 m² across 49 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 70.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £120,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.