Estimated value today£372klast sold £250,000, 2013 · likely £337k–£406k
Energy ratingE2013 certificate, could be D
Energy bills, a year£1,653about £138 a month at 2026 prices
Price per m²£3,505/m²neighbourhood typical £3,775/m²
See 9, Firbank Road from the street and the air
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What would improve this home
Its 2013 energy certificate recommends 5 measures, which together could take it from E to D. All of them together typically cost £12.4k–£18.2k.
Floor insulationtypically £1.2k–£1.2k
Low energy lightingtypically £40–£40
New condensing boilertypically £2.2k–£3k
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 2013 and we'll adjust the estimate, with a range that shows how sure we can be.
Low£346k
Likely£372k
High£398k
Starting value (our estimate)£372k
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 2013 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
106 m² (1,141 sq ft), 5 habitable rooms
Built
1930-1949
Main heating fuel
gas
Sales since 1995
£250k (2013)
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
£1,275
Hot water
£194
Lighting
£184
Council tax 2026-27
Band D £2,436 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; band C 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 2013 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
Bournemouth, 1.9 km (busiest route: London Waterloo)
Central London
148 km as the crow flies
Large employment centre
23 min by public transport · 10 by car
Town centre
19 min by public transport or walking
Commuting by train/Tube
0% of local workers · 34% mostly work from home
Airport
Bournemouth, 4.2 km
Everyday life
Weekly shop
food store about 6 min without a car
GP surgery
about 8 min
A&E
The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 2.9 km (CQC: Good)
Top-rated primaries
none within 2 km
Top-rated secondaries
Bournemouth School (0.5 km), Bournemouth School for Girls (1 km), Winton Academy (2.1 km)
Eating out
10 restaurants and cafés, 2 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
4.7% on the estimated value
Letting rules
rated E: lettable today, but likely to need upgrading for the planned C 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
1 site, about 7 homes planned
This home extended?
no extension seen on its energy certificates
Extensions on the street
1 other home on Firbank Road (within 250 m) extended, most recently 2021
Company landlords
2.9% of homes in the neighbourhood are owned by companies (HM Land Registry, Oct 2026)
New homes completed 2021–2025
36 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 EExpect 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 2013; certificates last 10 years. The seller needs a current one, and it may differ.
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.