18a, Morley Road, Bournemouth, BH5 2JJ

18a is a two-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 2JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 86 m² this is the 38th smallest of 50 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 23–184 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 50 units on file. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2013. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in March 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 86 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 49 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £260,000 sits 550% above the 1998 sale of £40,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£43/sq ft) was about 64.5% below the postcode norm.