8a, Elphinstone Road, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5LL

8a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Highcliffe, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 5LL). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony and a conservatory.

At 114 m² it sits well below the postcode median (177 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£440/sq ft) was about 77.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £540,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.