Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
17 Avenue Road is a detached house in Walkford, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 5QH). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 895 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in November 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Across 1996–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £409,000 sits 66.9% above the 2009 sale of £245,000. At 83 m² it sits well below the postcode median (135 m² across 31 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: tree works refused in 2012.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Jun 2019
Certificate validity
Expired on 19 June 2019
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1996.
£409,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.2% per year over 13 years.
£245,000
Growth on file: 10.2% per year over 13 years.
20 November 2009Most recent
£245,000
+64.4%over 9 years25 June 2000
£149,000
+122.4%over 3 years18 July 1996
£67,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH23 5QH: £630,000 (2025–2022).
4 Avenue Road, Walkford, Christchurch, BH23 5QH
Sold Mar 2025
22 Avenue Road, Walkford, Christchurch, BH23 5QH
Sold Feb 2024
13 Avenue Road, Walkford, Christchurch, BH23 5QH
Sold Dec 2022
51 Avenue Road, Walkford, Christchurch, BH23 5QH
Sold Sept 2022
23 Avenue Road, Walkford, Christchurch, BH23 5QH
Sold Mar 2022
17 Avenue Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,946
Street avg £3,431
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 4.6 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
0.2 km
Walkford Hotel — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Highcliffe St Mark Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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