23 Portchester Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8JT
About 23 Portchester Road
23 Portchester Road is a six-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH8 8JT). It has a recorded floor area of 264 m² (around 2842 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 264 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 51 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Sold March 2022 for £665,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
23 Portchester Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
23 Portchester Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
34applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£728,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£665,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 March 2022Most recent
£665,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH8 8JT: £200,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in BH8 8JT
Flat 1, 37 Portchester Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8JT
Sold May 2025
£156,000Flat 7, 15 Portchester Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8JT
Sold Jul 2024
£200,000Flat 1, 15 Portchester Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8JT
Sold Feb 2024
£235,00035 Portchester Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8JT
Sold Dec 2023
£700,000Flat 3, 37 Portchester Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8JT
Sold Feb 2022
£104,000
Everything we know about 23 Portchester Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
Versus other Portchester Road homes
23 Portchester Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,519
Street avg £5,184
Floor Area
264 m²
Street avg 125 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
18.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
14/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Portchester Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Malmesbury Park Primary School. 23 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.0dB