72 Cardigan Road, Bournemouth, BH9 1BG

72 Cardigan Road is a detached house in Bournemouth (BH9 1BG). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (April 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 63), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 58 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 32 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–143 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 (34 versus a best of 75).

Today's modelled estimate of £212,000 is 28.1% below the 2015 sale of £295,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£473/sq ft) was about 219.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (107 m² across 31 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On the market in October 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.