2 Myrtle Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8TA

2 Myrtle Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH8 8TA). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 52 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (52–164 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2012. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72).

Today's modelled estimate of £189,000 is 26.5% below the 2022 sale of £257,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£459/sq ft) was about 205.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (130 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £257,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.