Upper Flat, 179 Alma Road, Bournemouth, BH9 1AQ

Upper Flat is a detached house in Bournemouth (BH9 1AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64).

It hasn't traded since July 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £213,000 sits 217.9% above the 2001 sale of £67,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£76/sq ft) was about 55.9% below the postcode norm. At 82 m² it's 28.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 11 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs).