13 Ravine Road, Bournemouth, BH5 2DT

13 Ravine Road is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 2DT). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. At 68 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 23–202 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (40 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since April 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 68 m² it sits well below the postcode median (124 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£888/sq ft) was about 358.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.