87 Dorchester Road, Oakdale, Poole, BH15 3QZ
About 87 Dorchester Road
87 Dorchester Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Oakdale, Poole, Poole (BH15 3QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2013) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). The latest certificate is from April 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£365/sq ft) was about 40.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2021 for £460,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
87 Dorchester Road ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Apr 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
A recent planning application at 87 Dorchester Road was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Apr 2026Garage ConversionFullIn report
Convert existing detached garage into habitable accommodation to be used as an annexe ancillary to dwelling
Annex- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- P/26/01629/HOU
- Oct 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
1x monkey puzzle tree - dead - fell
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- P/25/03991/REG14
We flagged 3 things worth checking at 87 Dorchester Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
- A planning decision worth checking
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£484,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£460,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 October 2021Most recent
£460,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH15 3QZ: £423,500 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in BH15 3QZ
89 Dorchester Road, Oakdale, Poole, BH15 3QZ
Sold Jul 2024
£423,50069 Dorchester Road, Oakdale, Poole, BH15 3QZ
Sold Aug 2022
£550,00063 Dorchester Road, Oakdale, Poole, BH15 3QZ
Sold Jul 2022
£385,00075 Dorchester Road, Oakdale, Poole, BH15 3QZ
Sold Jun 2022
£550,00085 Dorchester Road, Oakdale, Poole, BH15 3QZ
Sold Apr 2021
£380,000
Everything we know about 87 Dorchester Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
- A planning decision worth checking
Versus other Dorchester Road homes
87 Dorchester Road outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,932
Street avg £3,111
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 125 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Middle Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Poole. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.6dB