Flat 4, 38 Richmond Wood Road, Bournemouth, BH8 9DH

Flat 4 is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH8 9DH). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 34 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (34–40 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (74 versus a worst of 60). The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a C (score 74).

At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (113 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £158,000 is 10.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£392/sq ft) was about 83.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £143,500 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.