2 Brookside Way, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5AF

2 Brookside Way is a five-bedroom detached house in Highcliffe, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 5AF). It has a recorded floor area of 192 m² (around 2067 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in April 2015 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

At 192 m² the property is well over the postcode median (128 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£448/sq ft) was about 213.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £925,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.