138 Seabourne Road, Bournemouth, BH5 2HZ

138 Seabourne Road is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bournemouth (BH5 2HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 336 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 31 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (31–123 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (January 2012) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (51 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 82% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £144,000 is 25.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£342/sq ft) was about 317.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £115,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.