3a, Chatsworth Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8SL

3a is a one-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH8 8SL). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 86 m² this is the 14th smallest of 38 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 14–179 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a C (score 70). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since April 2019. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor.

Sold August 2019 for £235,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 86 m² it's 28.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (121 m² median across 37 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £267,000 is 13.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£254/sq ft) was about 54.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.