What type of property is Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA?

Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA is a mid-terrace house.

What did Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA sell for?

Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA last sold for £170,000 in May 2021, around 5 years ago. Land Registry has 4 sales on record going back to £42,000 in January 1997. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA?

Across 4 sales between January 1997 and May 2021, Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA rose from £42,000 to £170,000, a change of £128,000. That works out to roughly +5.9% per year compounded over 24 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA have?

The current EPC rating for Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA is C with a score of 73 out of 100, lodged in June 2024. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA?

Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (710 sq ft). Source: EPC Register.

How is Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA heated?

The latest EPC at Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Where is Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA located?

Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA sits in Bournemouth. It falls within the BH1 postcode district.

How safe is the area around Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA?

Police records around Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA show an average of 13 reported crimes per month over the last 16 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 45% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is rising (30% versus the prior period). Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA?

The closest primary school to Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA is St Michael's Church of England Primary School (707m), one of 8 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Livingstone Academy Bournemouth (797m).

What is the nearest station to Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA?

The closest bus stop to Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, BH1 1BA is Bournemouth Square, 58m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1BA

4 sales on record

Property type

Mid terrace

Floor 02

Habitable rooms

From EPC

Floor area

66 m²

710 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 73

Tenure

Private Rental

Overview

About Digby Chambers

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Digby Chambers is a mid-terrace house in Bournemouth (BH1 1BA). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 66 m² this is the 7th smallest of 15 units on EPC record in Digby Chambers, where floor areas span 39–115 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows a C (score 73). The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since March 2017. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £170,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 109% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Current Certificate(1 of 3)

Jun 2024

EPC Rating

C73

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Very Poor

CO2 Emissions

2.1 t/year

Occupancy

Rented

Property Improvements

Changes detected from historical EPC data

Dec 2019from Mar 2017

Heating Controls

FullProg + Stat

Heating controls changed

Low Energy Lighting

80%57%

Low energy lighting percentage decreased

Jun 2024from Dec 2019

Low Energy Lighting

57%100%

More low energy lighting installed

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Victorian-era2nd Floor FlatEPC CPre-1919 buildSolid (non-cavity) walls

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Digby Chambers, Flat 5, Post Office Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1BA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Digby Chambers has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Digby Chambers has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.

Current estimate

£171,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 24 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£170,000

Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 24 years.

Sales timeline

17 May 2021Most recent
£170,000
+123.7%over 20 years
21 December 2000
£76,000
+26.7%over 2 years
23 September 1998
£60,000
+42.9%over 1 year
24 January 1997
£42,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in BH1 1BA: £177,000 (2022–2021).

Nearby sales in BH1 1BA

On the street

Versus other Post Office Road homes

Four headline reads against 17 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m²

£2,576

Street avg £2,084

Above

Floor Area

66 m²

Street avg 71 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

2.1 t/year

Street avg 2.5 t/year

On par

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

Rising year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Bournemouth Square — bus stop.

Closest school

0.7 km

St Michael's Church of England Primary School. 9 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BH1 1BA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

55.0dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for BH1 1BA

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

45.1dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

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80 dB

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