Gorleston Road, BRANKSOME, BH12
South East
£400,000
Listed on 04/11/2026
Listed on 04/11/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
4Type
Semi DetachedFeatures
- Balcony
- Garage
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This four-bedroom semi-detached house in Branksome has spacious accommodation arranged over two floors, with scope for modernisation. The ground floor includes a large lounge and dining area, a separate kitchen and a conservatory opening onto the rear garden. Upstairs are four bedrooms, including a main bedroom with access to a private balcony, and a family bathroom.
Outside, the property has a rear garden, a garage with double opening doors and off-road parking. The house is freehold, has mains electricity, gas, water and drainage, and is rated EPC D. Westbourne’s shops, cafés and restaurants are nearby, with local schools, a train station offering links to London Waterloo, bus services and the coast also accessible.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
53out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity
Confidence: LOW
This spacious four-bedroom semi in Branksome has a useful canvas for a light modernisation: the pictured rooms look broadly usable, but their older finishes offer scope to refresh the presentation. The generous lounge/dining area opens to a conservatory, and the garage, driveway, garden and master bedroom balcony add to the appeal. The conservatory roof panels look aged or discoloured, so their condition is worth checking.
The score is 53/100, a D-rated opportunity. At £400,000, value against local £/sq ft cannot be judged yet because the floor area is missing; the overall assessment is also limited by that gap. The popular location and spacious accommodation are positives, but the available figures do not establish the value upside.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the older finishes in the pictured living areas and other visible rooms while retaining the spacious lounge/dining layout.
- Make more of the glazed conservatory and its connection to the lounge/dining area, subject to checking the condition of its roof panels.
- Tidy the garden’s planted and bare-soil areas to improve its presentation; the garage and driveway add practical appeal.
Key risks
None recorded.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Branksome Rail Station
0.1 miles
Train · Branksome Park
Parkstone (Dorset) Rail Station
1.4 miles
Train · Parkstone
Bournemouth Rail Station
2.4 miles
Train · Bournemouth
Poole Rail Station
2.9 miles
Train · Poole
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£1,634
Based on a loan of £300,000 over 30 years at 5.13% interest
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Pricing
Price history
-17.8% since listed
£407,000+£7,000(+1.8%)
30/09/2026£400,000£25,000(-5.9%)
24/09/2026£425,000£25,000(-5.6%)
15/08/2026£450,000£25,000(-5.3%)
28/07/2026£475,000£20,000(-4.0%)
21/04/2026£495,000Initial listing
21/10/2025Services
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