Estimated value today£466klast sold £400,000, 2015 · likely £413k–£519k
Energy ratingF2010 certificate
Energy bills, a year£3,844about £320 a month at 2026 prices
Price per m²£3,170/m²neighbourhood typical £3,929/m²
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What would improve this home
Its 2010 energy certificate recommends 3 measures. All of them together typically cost £3.6k–£4.4k.
Low energy lightingtypically £40–£40
New condensing boilertypically £2.2k–£3k
Double or triple glazingtypically £1.4k–£1.4k
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 2015 and we'll adjust the estimate, with a range that shows how sure we can be.
Low£433k
Likely£466k
High£499k
Starting value (our estimate)£466k
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 2015 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
Flat (detached)
Tenure
Leasehold
Floor area
147 m² (1,582 sq ft), 5 habitable rooms
Built
1950-1966
Main heating fuel
gas
Sales since 1995
£118k (1995) → £395k (2002) → £400k (2015)
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
£3,233
Hot water
£247
Lighting
£364
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 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
Branksome, 2.3 km (busiest route: London Waterloo)
Central London
151 km as the crow flies
Large employment centre
16 min by public transport · 9 by car
Town centre
12 min by public transport or walking
Commuting by train/Tube
1% of local workers · 37% mostly work from home
Airport
Bournemouth, 7.9 km
Everyday life
Weekly shop
food store about 7 min without a car
GP surgery
about 10 min
A&E
Poole Hospital, 5.7 km (CQC: Good)
Top-rated primaries
none within 2 km
Top-rated secondaries
Winton Academy (3.4 km), Bournemouth School (4.3 km), Bournemouth School for Girls (4.7 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.
£1,456 a month for a 3-bedroom home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (2026-08)
Gross yield
3.7% 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
West Overcliff Drive
Article 4 direction
none recorded
Brownfield sites in the neighbourhood
10 sites, about 606 homes planned
This home extended?
no extension seen on its energy certificates
Extensions on the street
2 other homes on West Overcliff Drive (within 250 m) extended, most recently 2026
Company landlords
6.8% of homes in the neighbourhood are owned by companies (HM Land Registry, Oct 2026)
New homes completed 2021–2025
256 in the neighbourhood
Questions to raise
Generated from the facts above, as prompts for your solicitor, surveyor or the agent. Not legal advice.
LeaseholdAsk for the years left on the lease (under about 85 is a warning sign for lenders), the ground rent and how it rises, service charges for the last three years, any planned major works, and who the freeholder and managing agent are.
Flat in a blockAsk about the building's fire safety and cladding (an EWS1 form if the block is 11 m or taller), the reserve fund, and any restrictions on subletting, pets or alterations.
Conservation area: West Overcliff DriveChanges to the outside (windows, doors, roofs, extensions, satellite dishes) and work on trees usually need consent. Ask whether past alterations had permission.
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 F.
Old energy certificateThe latest certificate we matched is from 2010; certificates last 10 years. The seller needs a current one, and it may differ.
Development planned nearbyThe council's brownfield register lists 2 sites of 50+ homes in this neighbourhood (largest: Former Winter Gardens site, Keystone House and 20, 20a and 20b Exeter Road, 351 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.