5 Cecil Avenue, Bournemouth, BH8 9EL
About 5 Cecil Avenue
5 Cecil Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH8 9EL). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£444/sq ft) was about 92.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 133 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (157 m² median across 13 EPCs). Sold December 2021 for £635,000. 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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
5 Cecil Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2022AnnexOutlineIn report
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed single storey extension to dwellinghouse and alterations to elevations and use of garage as an annexe
Extension- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 7-2022-7935-D
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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.
£697,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£635,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 December 2021Most recent
£635,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH8 9EL: £583,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in BH8 9EL
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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 Cecil Avenue homes
Price per m² for 5 Cecil Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,774
Street avg £3,101
Floor Area
133 m²
Street avg 157 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
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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
0.2 km
Markham Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Queen's Park Academy. 28 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
49.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB