7 Elmes Road, Bournemouth, BH9 2SX

7 Elmes Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH9 2SX). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

One planning record on file: HMO conversion approved in 2023. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 104 m² it's 18.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (88 m² median across 23 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Across 2006–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £373,000 is 49.2% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£223/sq ft) was about 15.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in February 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.