Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
87 Barrack Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Christchurch (BH23 2AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory and a self-contained annexe.
Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in June 2001. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £543,000 sits 274.5% above the 2001 sale of £145,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£103/sq ft) was about 57.4% below the postcode norm.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 2 February 2031
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
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87 Barrack Road's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£543,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£145,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
21 June 2001Most recent
£145,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH23 2AJ: £247,000 (2023–2006).
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Nearest stop
0.1 km
Avenue Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Christchurch Junior School. 20 schools nearby.
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