26 Forest Road, Poole, BH13 6DH

26 Forest Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Poole (BH13 6DH). It has a recorded floor area of 236 m² (around 2540 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £989,000 is 12.5% below the 2022 sale of £1,130,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£445/sq ft) was about 131.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 236 m² the property is well over the postcode median (142 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 8 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, an annexe, a porch and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold November 2022 for £1,130,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.