14 Bute Drive, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5LE

14 Bute Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Highcliffe, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 5LE). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in February 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £483,000 sits 240.1% above the 1998 sale of £142,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£153/sq ft) was about 47.7% below the postcode norm. At 86 m² it sits well below the postcode median (135 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs).