52a, Bingham Road, Bournemouth, BH9 1BT

52a is a detached house in Bournemouth (BH9 1BT). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2013 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). At 53 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 51–111 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 6 units on file.

At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (97 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£328/sq ft) was about 140.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £187,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.