17 Bracken Way, Walkford, Christchurch, BH23 5LW

17 Bracken Way is a three-bedroom detached house in Walkford, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 5LW). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2016. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 114 m² it's 18.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 30 EPCs). Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£538/sq ft) was about 100.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £660,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.