Kingsbere Gardens, Flat 5, 8 Haslemere Avenue, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5BQ

Kingsbere Gardens is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Highcliffe, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 5BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1976-1982. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on electricity. At 80 m² this is the 14th smallest of 24 units on EPC record in Kingsbere Gardens, where floor areas span 72–187 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom.

Held since September 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1995–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £228,000 sits 52% above the 2002 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 31% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs).