Bellside, Giddy Lake, Wimborne, BH21 2QU

Bellside is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Wimborne (BH21 2QU). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since October 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (116 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £676,000 sits 111.2% above the 2003 sale of £320,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£173/sq ft) was about 16.7% below the postcode norm.