The Compass, Flat 5, 57 Stour Road, Christchurch, BH23 1FG

The Compass is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Christchurch (BH23 1FG). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2021) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. At 37 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in The Compass, where floor areas span 35–49 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (81 versus a worst of 67). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2010–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.3% per year. Sold February 2022 for £150,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.