Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
5 Heather Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Walkford, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 5RP). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).
At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £600,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £689,000 is 14.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£511/sq ft) was about 102.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Certificate validity
Valid until 26 August 2029
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5 Heather Close has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Latest sale on 5 Heather Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£689,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 24 years.
£600,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 24 years.
27 June 2021Most recent
£600,000
+62.2%over 13 years9 April 2008
£370,000
+48.0%over 3 years14 January 2005
£250,000
+110.1%over 7 years28 May 1997
£119,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH23 5RP: £360,000 (2024–2014).
Price per m² for 5 Heather Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,505
Street avg £3,904
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
0.4 km
Bracken Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Highcliffe St Mark Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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