Property valuation in West Cliff

A valuation on the West Cliff starts with the lease and ends with the view. We visit, look at the flat, the block and the paperwork, and give you a rent figure, a sale figure or both, with the reasons written down so you can test them. This is the West Cliff detail of our property valuation service.

What moves value on the West Cliff

• The lease. Years remaining, ground rent, the service charge and the reserve fund, and any covenant on letting or short stays.
• The view. A flat that looks across Poole Bay from the living room sells and lets for more than one that looks at the next block.
• Parking. Many cliff-top roads are permit or pay zones; an allocated bay is worth a premium to tenants and buyers alike.
• The lift. Above the first floor, a lift widens the market to older buyers and anyone moving furniture.
• Position. The walk to Durley Chine, the BIC and the Square, and how close the block is to the edge of the cliff.
• Condition. Windows that keep the weather out, a modern kitchen and bathroom, and no sign of damp.

Rental valuation against sales valuation

For a landlord the question is often whether to keep the flat or sell it. A rental valuation tells you what a tenant, or a guest on a furnished stay, would pay and how the flat compares with others on the cliff. A sales valuation tells you what the market would pay today. Set side by side, they show the return on keeping the flat against the capital from selling it. Our guide to how property valuations work explains the method, and buy-to-let in Bournemouth the wider sums. This is general information, not financial advice.

The instant rent estimate

For a first figure, the instant rent estimate asks for the postcode, the number of bedrooms and the type of property and gives a range straight away. It does not know about the view, the lift or the lease, which is why we follow it with a visit.

How a visit works

We arrange a time, look round the flat and the common parts, note the parking and the route to the beach, and ask to see the lease and the latest service charge accounts. You receive the figure in writing with the reasons and, if you want them, our recommendations on presentation.

What comes next

To let, see letting agents in West Cliff, property management in West Cliff, long term lets in West Cliff and winter lets in West Cliff. To sell, see selling your property in West Cliff. The West Cliff area page covers the neighbourhood, and property valuation in Bournemouth the wider town.