138 Parkwood Road, Bournemouth, BH5 2BW

138 Parkwood Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bournemouth (BH5 2BW). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 48 m² this is the 11th smallest of 26 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–116 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Most recent transfer: September 2023 at £305,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£590/sq ft) was about 151.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.