9 Ballard Road, Poole, BH15 1RA

9 Ballard Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Poole (BH15 1RA). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a balcony and notable views.

Held since August 1997 — that's 29 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. At 110 m² it's 21.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £398,000 sits 318.9% above the 1997 sale of £95,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£80/sq ft) was about 75.5% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.