6a, Vicarage Road, Bournemouth, BH9 2SA

6a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH9 2SA). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 55 m² this is the 7th smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 26–178 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 33 units on file.

It changed hands recently, sold June 2025 for £180,000. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (95 m² across 32 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£304/sq ft) was about 38.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.