Flat 3, 19 Elmes Road, Bournemouth, BH9 2SX

Flat 3 is a semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH9 2SX). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. At 43 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (43–45 m²). On EPC score it ranks last in the building (71 versus a best of 77). The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in April 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average.

At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (88 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). Sold June 2022 for £172,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£373/sq ft) was about 99.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.