21 Birchwood Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH14 9NW

21 Birchwood Road is a six-bedroom detached house in Parkstone, Poole, Poole (BH14 9NW). It has a recorded floor area of 259 m² (around 2788 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 259 m² the property is well over the postcode median (185 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £866,000 is 48% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£210/sq ft) was about 22.3% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2001.