What type of property is 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY?

16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY is a 3-bedroom detached house.

What was the last sold price for 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY?

16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY last sold for £318,000 in February 2015, around 11 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £149,000 in October 2001. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY?

Across 3 sales between October 2001 and February 2015, 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY rose from £149,000 to £318,000, a change of £169,000. That works out to roughly +5.9% per year compounded over 13 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY?

The current EPC rating for 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY is D with a score of 66 out of 100, lodged in May 2013. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY?

16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (1,066 sq ft), around 33 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 22% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in BH21 6YY. Source: EPC Register.

How is 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY heated?

The latest EPC at 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY?

16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY is in council tax band D.

Where is 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY located?

16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY sits in Three Legged Cross, Wimborne, Wimborne. It falls within the BH21 postcode district in Dorset.

Is 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY in a safe area?

Police records around 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 6 months. Criminal damage arson makes up roughly 31% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY?

The closest primary school to 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY is Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School (137m), one of 3 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Emmanuel Church of England Middle School (2.1km).

How well connected is 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY?

The closest bus stop to 16 Albany Drive, BH21 6YY is Juniper Close, 256m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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16 Albany Drive, Three Legged Cross, Wimborne, BH21 6YY

3 sales on record

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Floor area

99 m²

1066 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 66

Council tax

Band D

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 16 Albany Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

16 Albany Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Three Legged Cross, Wimborne, Wimborne (BH21 6YY). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 99 m² it's 22.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (81 m² median across 14 EPCs). Last sold in February 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. Across 2001–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £407,000 is 28% above the 2015 sale price.

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Trends

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Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms3

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

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 23 May 2023

EPC Rating

D66

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

3.7 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 16 Albany Drive, Three Legged Cross, Wimborne, BH21 6YY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

16 Albany Drive has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

1applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

16 Albany Drive has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2001.

Current estimate

£407,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 13 years.

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Last sold (2015)

£318,000

Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 13 years.

Sales timeline

10 February 2015Most recent
£318,000
+27.2%over 8 years
25 October 2006
£249,950
+67.8%over 5 years
22 October 2001
£149,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in BH21 6YY: £348,000 (2024–2020).

Nearby sales in BH21 6YY

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On the street

Versus other Albany Drive homes

Four headline reads against 14 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

16 Albany Drive outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,212

Street avg £3,564

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Floor Area

99 m²

Street avg 90 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

3.7 t/year

Street avg 3.8 t/year

On par

Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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1 Albany Drive, Three Legged Cross

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1 Camellia Close, Three Legged Cross

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3 bed1 bath

£320k

10 Camellia Close, Three Legged Cross

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3 bed

£388k

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2 bed2 bath

Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Wimborne district page.

Full Wimborne report

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

0.3 km

Juniper Close — bus stop.

Closest school

0.1 km

Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School. 4 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BH21 6YY from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.1dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for BH21 6YY

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.6dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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