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Get started51 Fortescue Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Poole (BH12 2LH). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since July 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £266,000 is 23.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£416/sq ft) was about 45.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (89 m² across 32 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £215,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£266,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.1% per year over 9 years.
£215,000
Growth on file: 3.1% per year over 9 years.
51 Fortescue Road is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£4,479
Street avg £3,539
Floor Area
48 m²
Street avg 85 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
10/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Cavity wall insulation installed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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25 August 2022Most recent
£215,000
+30.3%over 8 years3 December 2013
£165,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH12 2LH: £310,000 (2025–2024).
CO₂ Emissions
2.2 t/year
Street avg 2.8 t/year
BH12 2AF
Buckingham Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole. 21 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB
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