43a, Avon Road West, Christchurch, BH23 2DF

43a is a two-bedroom detached house in Christchurch (BH23 2DF). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in July 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. At 49 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 47–129 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B across 31 units on file.

At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (100 m² across 30 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £260,000 is 10.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£446/sq ft) was about 122.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £235,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.