8 Approach Road, Poole, BH14 8BH

8 Approach Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Poole (BH14 8BH). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 110 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £414,000 is 19.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£293/sq ft) was about 82% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £347,500 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.