Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
3 Apple Grove is a detached house in Christchurch (BH23 2HG). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Main heating runs on electricity.
At 94 m² it's 16.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (113 m² median across 18 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs).
Certificate validity
Valid until 2 September 2034
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3 Apple Grove has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
3 Apple Grove has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£424,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH23 2HG: £515,000 (2022–2019).
EPC Rating for 3 Apple Grove runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
74 (C)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 121 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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Start your researchDaytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
205/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Grove Top — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Twynham Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB