Flat 3, 24 Browning Avenue, Bournemouth, BH5 1NN

Flat 3 is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 1NN). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 57 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (57–143 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (59 versus a best of 69). The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £159,000 is 16.3% below the 2021 sale of £190,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 38% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (109 m² across 32 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £190,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.