Flat 1, 37 Portchester Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8JT

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH8 8JT). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in December 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 66), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 42 m² this is the 5th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 22–48 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (27 versus a best of 72). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 42 m² it's 19.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 51 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer was May 2025 at £156,000 — fresh data. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2008–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£345/sq ft) was about 48.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.