Estimated value today£234klast sold £234,167, 2026 · likely £212k–£256k
Energy ratingC2017 certificate, could be B
Energy bills, a year£1,500about £125 a month at 2026 prices
Price per m²£1,316/m²neighbourhood typical £4,549/m²
See 2a, Marina Drive from the street and the air
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What would improve this home
Its 2017 energy certificate recommends 3 measures, which together could take it from C to B. All of them together typically cost £10.2k–£15.2k.
Floor insulationtypically £1.2k–£1.2k
Solar water heatingtypically £4k–£6k
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 2026 and we'll adjust the estimate, with a range that shows how sure we can be.
Low£218k
Likely£234k
High£251k
Starting value (our estimate)£234k
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 2026 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 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
£1,131
Hot water
£221
Lighting
£148
Council tax 2026-27
Band D £2,436 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; band E 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 2017 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
Parkstone (Dorset), 0.6 km (busiest route: London Waterloo)
Central London
154 km as the crow flies
Large employment centre
18 min by public transport · 11 by car
Town centre
12 min by public transport or walking
Commuting by train/Tube
1% of local workers · 41% mostly work from home
Airport
Bournemouth, 10 km
Everyday life
Weekly shop
food store about 7 min without a car
GP surgery
about 9 min
A&E
Poole Hospital, 1.7 km (CQC: Good)
Top-rated primaries
none within 2 km
Top-rated secondaries
Parkstone Grammar School (4.1 km), Winton Academy (5.2 km)
Eating out
29 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood
School distances are straight lines; admissions depend on each school's catchment and criteria.
£2,080 a month for a 4+-bedroom home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (2026-08)
Gross yield
10.7% on the estimated value
Letting rules
rated C: meets the current E minimum
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
13 sites, about 428 homes planned
This home extended?
yes: 104 m² → 168 m² by 2014 (energy certificates)
Extensions on the street
1 other home on Marina Drive (within 250 m) extended, most recently 2023
Company landlords
3.4% of homes in the neighbourhood are owned by companies (HM Land Registry, Oct 2026)
New homes completed 2021–2025
166 in the neighbourhood
Questions to raise
Generated from the facts above, as prompts for your solicitor, surveyor or the agent. Not legal advice.
Extended: 104 m² → 168 m²Its energy certificates show the floor area grew by 64 m² (certificate 2014). Ask for the planning permission or a lawful development certificate, building-regulations completion certificates, and any party wall agreements.
Resold within a yearIt changed hands quickly at some point. Ask what work was done, and for building-regulations sign-off and any warranties.
Development planned nearbyThe council's brownfield register lists 2 sites of 50+ homes in this neighbourhood (largest: Civic Centre and surrounds, 250 homes). Look up planning applications for anything near you.
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.