Flat 3, 12 Franklin Road, Weymouth, DT4 0JW

Flat 3 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Weymouth (DT4 0JW). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 43 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (43–75 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to D across 3 units on file. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58).

At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (69 m² across 60 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £91,000 in November 2022. Across the public record there are 7 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 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £114,000 is 25.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£197/sq ft) was about 32.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.