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Get started40 Birchwood Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Parkstone, Poole, Poole (BH14 9NP). It has a recorded floor area of 246 m² (around 2648 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012 onwards and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2025) returns an A (score 94), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in November 2012 the rating was C, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,105,000 is 37.3% above the 2021 sale price. At 246 m² the property is well over the postcode median (163 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Sold May 2021 for £805,000. Across the public record there are 4 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. 10 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
40 Birchwood Road ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
40 Birchwood Road has been through 8 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
T1 Birch - Fell
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,105,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.1% per year over 15 years.
£805,000
Growth on file: 3.1% per year over 15 years.
40 Birchwood Road outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,272
Street avg £3,736
Floor Area
246 m²
Street avg 177 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Roof insulation improved
Floor insulation added or improved
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T1 - Silver Birch - reduce tree by approx 6m-7m to enable shaping of canopy and reducing overhanging branches as per attached photo. TPO 40/1969
8 more applications for this property
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28 May 2021Most recent
£805,000
+26.8%over 5 years12 November 2015
£635,000
-5.2%over 8 years12 January 2007
£670,000
+34.0%over 1 year12 December 2005
£499,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH14 9NP: £630,000 (2025–2023).
24 Birchwood Road Parkstone Poole
Sold May 2025
32 Birchwood Road Parkstone Poole
Sold May 2024
Wentworth Heights Flat 5 26 Birchwood Road Parkstone Poole
Sold Apr 2024
2 Birchwood Road Parkstone Poole
Sold Jan 2024
Wentworth Heights Flat 6 26 Birchwood Road Parkstone Poole
Sold Oct 2023
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.5 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
BH14 9NR
Penn Leigh — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Courthill Infant School. 15 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB
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