1 St Leonards Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8QH

1 St Leonards Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH8 8QH). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since September 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

Held since September 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 99 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 23.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £289,000 sits 95.3% above the 2002 sale of £148,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 34.5% below the postcode norm.