14 Ambassador Close, Christchurch, BH23 4DH

14 Ambassador Close is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Christchurch (BH23 4DH). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in November 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 106 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2000–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £393,000 sits 125.9% above the 2009 sale of £174,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£153/sq ft) was about 36.3% below the postcode norm.