18a, Avenue Road, Wimborne, BH21 1BT
About 18a
18a is a three-bedroom detached house in Wimborne (BH21 1BT). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. At 87 m² this is the 23rd smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–358 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 80). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 87 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: November 2018 at £282,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £344,000 is 22% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£301/sq ft) was about 43.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- BalconyYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
18a's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Mar 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
18a has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
18a has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£344,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 20 years.
£282,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
8 November 2018Most recent
£282,000
+98.6%over 16 years7 May 2002
£142,000
+47.9%over 1 year30 May 2000
£96,000
+26.3%over 1 year11 December 1998
£76,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH21 1BT: £445,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in BH21 1BT
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Avenue Road homes
On epc rating, 18a runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,241
Street avg £3,070
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 62 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
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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
0.1 km
St John's Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 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
49.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB