2a, Keswick Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1LP

2a is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 1LP). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 530 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2012) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 49 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 36 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–308 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 36 units on file.

Held since November 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (93 m² across 35 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2000–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£451/sq ft) was about 89.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.