What type of property is Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN?

Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN is a 2-bedroom end-of-terrace house.

What did Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN sell for?

Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN last sold for £310,000 in September 2021, around 5 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £250,000 in March 2009. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN changed over time?

Across 3 sales between March 2009 and September 2021, Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN rose from £250,000 to £310,000, a change of £60,000. That works out to roughly +1.7% per year compounded over 12 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN have?

The current EPC rating for Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN is B with a score of 81 out of 100, lodged in February 2021. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN?

Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (764 sq ft), around 36 m² per bedroom. Source: EPC Register.

How is Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN heated?

The latest EPC at Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN?

Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN is in council tax band D.

Where is Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN located?

Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN sits in Bournemouth. It falls within the BH5 postcode district.

How safe is the area around Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN?

Police records around Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN show an average of 6 reported crimes per month over the last 12 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 46% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is rising (74% versus the prior period). Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN?

The closest primary school to Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN is Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School (739m), one of 11 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Avonbourne Girls Academy (1.9km), with 3 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN?

The closest bus stop to Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, BH5 1AN is Wollstonecraft Road, 103m away. The nearest bus option is Bus Station, 690m away.

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Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1AN

EPC B3 sales on record

Property type

End terrace

Floor 01

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

71 m²

764 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 81

Council tax

Band D

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About Driftwood

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

Driftwood is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bournemouth (BH5 1AN). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2021) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. At 71 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in Driftwood, where floor areas span 70–84 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the top.

Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 24.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £310,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1
Dining roomYes
EnsuiteYes

Outside

ParkingUnderground

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Energy

Energy performance

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

Driftwood's carbon output is low for the local stock.

EPC Rating

B81

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

1.2 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Driftwood, Apartment 6, 9 Byron Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1AN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Driftwood has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

5 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

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

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£330,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.7% per year over 12 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£310,000

Growth on file: 1.7% per year over 12 years.

Sales timeline

16 September 2021Most recent
£310,000
+17.0%over 10 years
1 November 2010
£265,000
+6.0%over 1 year
24 March 2009
£250,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in BH5 1AN: £295,000 (2025–2009).

Nearby sales in BH5 1AN

On the street

Versus other Byron Road homes

Four headline reads against 5 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Driftwood outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£4,366

Street avg £3,788

Strongly above

Floor Area

71 m²

Street avg 75 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

1.2 t/year

Street avg 1.6 t/year

Strongly above

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

Rising year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Wollstonecraft Road — bus stop.

Closest school

0.7 km

Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School. 14 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BH5 1AN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.7dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for BH5 1AN

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.5dB

Low

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60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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Common questions

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