31 Birchwood Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH14 9NW

31 Birchwood Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Parkstone, Poole, Poole (BH14 9NW). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average 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 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £449,000 sits 398.9% above the 1996 sale of £90,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£79/sq ft) was about 70.8% below the postcode norm. At 106 m² it sits well below the postcode median (195 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2006.