The Fountain, Flat 1, 1 High Street, Christchurch, BH23 1AE

The Fountain is a two-bedroom detached house in Christchurch (BH23 1AE). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft) and council tax band B. At 64 m² this is the 5th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in The Fountain, where floor areas span 34–84 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (58 versus a best of 74). The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 64 m² the property is well over the postcode median (46 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2019–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £213,000 is 12.1% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £190,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.