Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
18 Avenue Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Christchurch (BH23 2BY). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).
At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (32 m² across 26 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £721,000 is 15.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£340/sq ft) was about 21.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £626,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Certificate validity
Valid until 6 April 2031
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Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
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18 Avenue Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£721,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 23 years.
£626,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 23 years.
29 June 2021Most recent
£626,000
+119.6%over 14 years29 March 2007
£285,000
+190.8%over 9 years18 March 1998
£98,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH23 2BY: £335,000 (2026–2019).
2a, Avenue Road, Christchurch, BH23 2BY
Sold Apr 2026
Acacia Court, Flat 5, 16 Avenue Road, Christchurch, BH23 2BY
Sold Dec 2020
2b, Avenue Road, Christchurch, BH23 2BY
Sold Oct 2019
2 Avenue Road, Christchurch, BH23 2BY
Sold Apr 2019
Acacia Court, Flat 3, 16 Avenue Road, Christchurch, BH23 2BY
Sold Apr 2014
18 Avenue Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,661
Street avg £3,701
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 1.8 t/year
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Crime
205/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Avenue Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Christchurch Junior School. 20 schools nearby.
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