78 Leigh Road, Wimborne, BH21 1AJ
About 78 Leigh Road
78 Leigh Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Wimborne (BH21 1AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £427,000 is 26.5% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£290/sq ft) was about 71.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 11 years since the last transfer (July 2015).
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Heating systemGas fired
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 May 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
78 Leigh Road has an approved side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey rear and side extensions
- Council
- East Dorset
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/18/0458/HOU
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Sales history & valuation
78 Leigh Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£427,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£337,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
13 July 2015Most recent
£337,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH21 1AJ: £235,000 (2023–2016).
Nearby sales in BH21 1AJ
Kingsleigh Court, Flat 5, 100 Leigh Road, Wimborne, BH21 1AJ
Sold Dec 2023
£235,00076 Leigh Road, Wimborne, BH21 1AJ
Sold Sept 2020
£463,000Kingsleigh Court, Flat 3, 96 Leigh Road, Wimborne, BH21 1AJ
Sold May 2019
£225,000Kingsleigh Court, Flat 1, 92 Leigh Road, Wimborne, BH21 1AJ
Sold May 2016
£145,000Kingsleigh Court, Flat 2, 90 Leigh Road, Wimborne, BH21 1AJ
Sold Feb 2016
£185,000
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.0 km
St John's Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne. 9 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB