26 Melville Road, Bournemouth, BH9 2PL
About 26 Melville Road
26 Melville Road is a six-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH9 2PL). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £483,000 is 27.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£243/sq ft) was about 18.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £380,000 in June 2021. 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
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- Parkingoff_road
Energy performance
26 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
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
26 Melville Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
71applications of note in the surrounding area
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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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£483,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£380,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 June 2021Most recent
£380,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH9 2PL: £405,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in BH9 2PL
Everything we know about 26 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
On habitable rooms, 26 Melville Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,621
Street avg £2,650
Floor Area
145 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
Similar properties nearby
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