8a, Morley Road, Bournemouth, BH5 2JJ

8a is a three-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH5 2JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 113 m² this is the 43rd 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.

Held since May 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 113 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 49 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £307,000 sits 98.1% above the 2005 sale of £155,000.