2 Cricket Close, Christchurch, BH23 3HT

2 Cricket Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Christchurch (BH23 3HT). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 114 m² it's 23.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £547,000 is 41.7% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 15.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in September 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years.