1 Church Street, Christchurch, BH23 1BW

1 Church Street is a semi-detached house in Christchurch (BH23 1BW). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 58 m² this is the 5th smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–283 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good.

Today's modelled estimate of £230,000 is 33.3% below the 2022 sale of £345,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£553/sq ft) was about 114.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 58 m² it's 17.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 11 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £345,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.