43 Bower Road, Bournemouth, BH8 9HQ
About 43 Bower Road
43 Bower Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH8 9HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 102 m² it's 18.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (125 m² median across 23 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £512,000 is 12.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£414/sq ft) was about 61.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2021 for £455,000. 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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- Garagedetached
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Heating systemgas
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
43 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Apr 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2025ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed single storey rear extension to the existing property and extension of a rear dormer window
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 7-2024-17628-A
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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.
£512,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£455,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
4 January 2021Most recent
£455,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH8 9HQ: £695,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in BH8 9HQ
Everything we know about 43 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
Habitable Rooms for 43 Bower Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,461
Street avg £3,801
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 144 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 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.
Go deeper on the local area
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