Estimated value today£480klast sold £249,950, 2010 · likely £435k–£525k
Energy ratingF2010 certificate, could be D
Energy bills, a year£3,163about £264 a month at 2026 prices
Price per m²£5,001/m²neighbourhood typical £4,383/m²
See 4, Old Bridge Road from the street and the air
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What would improve this home
Its 2010 energy certificate recommends 9 measures, which together could take it from F to D. All of them together typically cost £13.6k–£20.8k.
Loft insulationtypically £100–£350
Cavity wall insulationtypically £500–£1.5k
Hot water cylinder insulationtypically £20–£30
Low energy lightingtypically £40–£40
Better heating controlstypically £350–£450
New condensing boilertypically £2.2k–£3k
Solar water heatingtypically £4k–£6k
Double or triple glazingtypically £1.4k–£1.4k
Solar panels (electricity)typically £5k–£8k
In the order the certificate lists them (usually cheapest and most effective first). Costs are the median of the ranges quoted on certificates across England and Wales, not quotes for this home. Grants may help: check the government's home energy grants service.
What's it worth with your changes?
Sale records can't see extensions, conversions or condition. Tell us what's changed since 2010 and we'll adjust the estimate, with a range that shows how sure we can be.
Low£446k
Likely£480k
High£514k
Starting value (our estimate)£480k
Range includes ±7% for the estimate itself. Effects are typical ranges, not this home's: a surveyor or local agent who sees it will do better. Work done before 2010 is already in the price. Evidence: of 573,662 homes we saw extended on their energy certificates (median +30 m²), the 123,110 that sold before and after grew a median 10.9% more than their neighbourhood: about a third of the extra space at the home's average price per m².
The home
Type
Detached
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
96 m² (1,033 sq ft), 4 habitable rooms
Built
1930-1949
Main heating fuel
gas
Sales since 1995
£250k (2010)
The estimate moves the last sale in line with the neighbourhood's like-for-like price index. It can't see extensions, condition or the market for this particular home: it is not a valuation.
Running costs (estimated, a year)
Heating
£2,518
Hot water
£478
Lighting
£167
Council tax 2026-27
Band D £2,436 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; band D is the most common here. Check this home's band.
Council tax by band
A £1,624B £1,894C £2,165D £2,436E £2,977F £3,518G £4,059H £4,871
From the 2010 energy certificate, rescaled to 2026 gas and electricity prices (approximate national averages). Appliances, cooking and standing charges are not included; actual bills depend on how you live.
Getting about
Nearest station
Pokesdown, 1.2 km (busiest route: London Waterloo)
Central London
145 km as the crow flies
Large employment centre
24 min by public transport · 10 by car
Town centre
15 min by public transport or walking
Commuting by train/Tube
1% of local workers · 34% mostly work from home
Airport
Bournemouth, 5.5 km
Everyday life
Weekly shop
food store about 7 min without a car
GP surgery
about 13 min
A&E
The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 1.6 km (CQC: Good)
Top-rated primaries
Avonwood Primary School (1.4 km)
Top-rated secondaries
Avonbourne Boys' Academy (1.3 km), Bournemouth School for Girls (3.5 km), Bournemouth School (3.8 km)
Eating out
0 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood
School distances are straight lines; admissions depend on each school's catchment and criteria.
£1,456 a month for a 3-bedroom home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (2026-08)
Gross yield
3.6% on the estimated value
Letting rules
rated F: below the E minimum for letting without an exemption
Council-wide average rents (ONS Price Index of Private Rents); bedrooms estimated from the certificate's habitable rooms. Before costs, voids, tax and mortgage interest.
Planning and development
Conservation area
not in one (postcode check)
Article 4 direction
none recorded
Brownfield sites in the neighbourhood
2 sites, about 35 homes planned
This home extended?
no extension seen on its energy certificates
Extensions on the street
1 other home on Old Bridge Road (within 250 m) extended, most recently 2020
Company landlords
1.7% of homes in the neighbourhood are owned by companies (HM Land Registry, Oct 2026)
New homes completed 2021–2025
3 in the neighbourhood
Questions to raise
Generated from the facts above, as prompts for your solicitor, surveyor or the agent. Not legal advice.
Energy rating FExpect higher bills and, if you plan to let it, work may be needed: rented homes must reach at least E today and the government plans C. The certificate says it could reach D.
Old energy certificateThe latest certificate we matched is from 2010; certificates last 10 years. The seller needs a current one, and it may differ.
Estimate is far from the last saleA lot has changed since it last sold, or the home has been extended or renovated. Rely on comparable recent sales and the survey.
For every purchaseCommission a survey suited to the home's age and condition, check the title plan matches what you see on the ground (boundaries, access, parking), and ask about disputes with neighbours, rights of way and shared drives.