Fair Acres, Throop Road, Bournemouth, BH8 0DG
About Fair Acres
Fair Acres is a detached house in Bournemouth (BH8 0DG). It has a recorded floor area of 221 m² (around 2379 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £770,000 is 25.6% above the 2021 sale price. Sold January 2021 for £613,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Fair Acres's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A recent planning application at Fair Acres was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Nov 2025ConditionsIn report
Variation of condition 1 (Plans List) of planning permission 7-2024-3036-D as described in that description of development to install a new window on the front gable end and reduce height of garage door opening
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- P/25/02593/CONDR
- Jul 2025RenovationAmendmentIn report
Installation of window to front gable end.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- P/25/02352/NMA
What's in Fair Acres, Throop Road, Bournemouth, BH8 0DG's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.
£770,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 21 years.
£613,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
29 January 2021Most recent
£613,000
+159.7%over 20 years27 March 2000
£236,000
Median price across the last 1 sales in BH8 0DG: £600,000 (2002–2002).
Nearby sales in BH8 0DG
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
14/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Yeomans Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Jewell Academy Bournemouth. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB