Estimated value today£249klast sold £255,000, 2024 · likely £228k–£271k
Energy ratingD2023 certificate, could be B
Energy bills, a year£1,466about £122 a month at 2026 prices
Price per m²£3,465/m²neighbourhood typical £3,824/m²
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What would improve this home
Its 2023 energy certificate recommends 6 measures, which together could take it from D to B. All of them together typically cost £12.8k–£18.7k.
Floor insulationtypically £1.2k–£1.2k
Hot water cylinder insulationtypically £20–£30
Better heating controlstypically £350–£450
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 2024 and we'll adjust the estimate, with a range that shows how sure we can be.
Low£232k
Likely£249k
High£267k
Starting value (our estimate)£249k
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 2024 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
Semi-detached
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
72 m² (775 sq ft), 4 habitable rooms
Built
1930-1949
Main heating fuel
gas
Sales since 1995
£49k (1996) → £51k (1996) → £255k (2024)
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
£1,012
Hot water
£353
Lighting
£101
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 2023 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, 0.8 km (busiest route: London Waterloo)
Central London
152 km as the crow flies
Large employment centre
25 min by public transport · 14 by car
Town centre
11 min by public transport or walking
Commuting by train/Tube
1% of local workers · 30% mostly work from home
Airport
Bournemouth, 8.1 km
Everyday life
Weekly shop
food store about 7 min without a car
GP surgery
about 14 min
A&E
Poole Hospital, 3.3 km (CQC: Good)
Top-rated primaries
Manorside Academy (1.6 km)
Top-rated secondaries
Winton Academy (3.1 km), Parkstone Grammar School (4.4 km), Bournemouth School (5.3 km)
Eating out
13 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood
School distances are straight lines; admissions depend on each school's catchment and criteria.
£1,169 a month for a 2-bedroom home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (2026-08)
Gross yield
5.6% on the estimated value
Letting rules
rated D: 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
7 sites, about 83 homes planned
This home extended?
no extension seen on its energy certificates
Extensions on the street
1 other home on Cecil Road (within 250 m) extended, most recently 2018
Company landlords
3.7% of homes in the neighbourhood are owned by companies (HM Land Registry, Oct 2026)
New homes completed 2021–2025
42 in the neighbourhood
Questions to raise
Generated from the facts above, as prompts for your solicitor, surveyor or the agent. Not legal advice.
Resold within a yearIt changed hands quickly at some point. Ask what work was done, and for building-regulations sign-off and any warranties.
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.