Flat 2, 16 Castle Street, Christchurch, BH23 1DT

Flat 2 is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Christchurch (BH23 1DT). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. At 77 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 76–78 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (76 versus a worst of 43). The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £279,000 is 13.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 55.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £246,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.