23 Bower Road, Bournemouth, BH8 9HQ
About 23 Bower Road
23 Bower Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH8 9HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 279 m² (around 3000 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2010) shows a C (score 70). The latest certificate is from July 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since March 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 279 m² the property is well over the postcode median (123 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1995–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £869,000 sits 74.5% above the 2011 sale of £498,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£166/sq ft) was about 39.3% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.
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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
- Bedrooms5
Energy performance
23 Bower Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Jul 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 23 Bower Road is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Oct 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Sycamore, crown reduction by reducing a tree of a height of 12m to a new height of 10m and reducing the width by 0.5m on longest branches on branch ends, reducing the tree as shown in the attached diagram/picture.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 7-2020-18480-E
- Aug 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
Sycamore, fell.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 7-2020-18480-D
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 23 Bower Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£869,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.6% per year over 16 years.
£498,000
Growth on file: 9.6% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
14 March 2011Most recent
£498,000
+334.9%over 15 years17 March 1995
£114,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH8 9HQ: £695,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in BH8 9HQ
Everything we know about 23 Bower 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 Bower Road homes
Price per m² for 23 Bower Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,787
Street avg £3,950
Floor Area
279 m²
Street avg 136 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.8 t/year
Street avg 6.2 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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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB