18 Bower Road, Bournemouth, BH8 9HQ
About 18 Bower Road
18 Bower Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH8 9HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£677/sq ft) was about 165.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £780,000 in September 2022. 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
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Jul 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
A tree works application was refused at 18 Bower Road in 2023.
- Jul 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Scots Pine - Crown lift to a height of 4m from ground level (amended proposal)
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- P/25/01481/TTPO
- Apr 2023Tree WorksTreesIn report
1 x Scots Pine (T1) - to be removed (felled) to ground level.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 7-2023-14004-E
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2015.
£827,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.3% per year over 7 years.
£780,000
Growth on file: 11.3% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
25 September 2022Most recent
£780,000
+109.1%over 6 years30 October 2015
£373,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH8 9HQ: £679,500 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in BH8 9HQ
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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 Bower Road homes
On price per m², 18 Bower Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£7,290
Street avg £3,644
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 144 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 6.3 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
0.7 km
Mallard Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
The Bishop of Winchester Academy. 26 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB