The Beacon, Flat 1, 8 Pinewood Road, Branksome Park, Poole, BH13 6JS

The Beacon is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Branksome Park, Poole, Poole (BH13 6JS). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 96 m² this is the 5th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in The Beacon, where floor areas span 30–110 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72).

3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold November 2022 for £435,000. Across the public record there are 7 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 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£421/sq ft) was about 42.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.