1 Melville Road, Bournemouth, BH9 2PL
About 1 Melville Road
1 Melville Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bournemouth (BH9 2PL). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1862 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (January 2019); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
At 173 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £425,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
1 Melville Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
1 Melville Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
71applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Melville Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£451,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 25 years.
£425,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
15 September 2022Most recent
£425,000
+142.9%over 20 years7 October 2001
£175,000
+218.2%over 3 years2 April 1998
£55,000
-45.0%23 January 1998
£99,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH9 2PL: £380,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in BH9 2PL
Everything we know about 1 Melville 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 Melville Road homes
1 Melville Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,457
Street avg £2,662
Floor Area
173 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Stanfield Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St Luke's Church of England Primary School. 26 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB