8 Vale Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3SY

8 Vale Road is a seven-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH1 3SY). It has a recorded floor area of 225 m² (around 2422 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (January 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since November 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 225 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £455,000 sits 883.8% above the 1998 sale of £46,250. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.