31 Kings Road, Bournemouth, BH3 7LD

31 Kings Road is a seven-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH3 7LD). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

Held since May 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs). 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £495,000 sits 496.4% above the 1997 sale of £83,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£53/sq ft) was about 58.8% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2026.