8 Dunbar Road, Bournemouth, BH3 7BA

8 Dunbar Road is a six-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH3 7BA). It has a recorded floor area of 350 m² (around 3767 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Other recorded features include a balcony and a conservatory.

Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,354,000 is 13.2% below the 2022 sale of £1,560,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£414/sq ft) was about 118.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 350 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Sold October 2022 for £1,560,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.