Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
2 Holme Road is a one-bedroom detached house in Highcliffe, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 5LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.
Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in October 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 97 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £386,000 sits 471.9% above the 1995 sale of £67,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£65/sq ft) was about 74.4% below the postcode norm.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 30 September 2034
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2 Holme Road has no planning applications on record.
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2 Holme Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£386,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£67,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
11 October 1995Most recent
£67,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH23 5LJ: £460,000 (2025–2017).
7 Holme Road, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5LJ
Sold Oct 2025
2a, Holme Road, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5LJ
Sold Jul 2021
3 Holme Road, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5LJ
Sold Feb 2021
8 Holme Road, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5LJ
Sold Jun 2020
20 Holme Road, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5LJ
Sold Jul 2017
On price per m², 2 Holme Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£696
Street avg £3,572
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 108 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
205/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Rothesay Lodge — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Highcliffe St Mark Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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