18 Alma Road, Bournemouth, BH9 1AN

18 Alma Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH9 1AN). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 123 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 41 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £371,000 is 12.4% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£249/sq ft) was about 34.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £330,000 in March 2023.