3 Matchams Lane, Hurn, Christchurch, BH23 6AW

3 Matchams Lane is a detached house in Hurn, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 6AW). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 40). Main heating runs on bottled lpg. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 150 m² it's 28.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (210 m² median across 8 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2019–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £521,000 is 15.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£279/sq ft) was about 95.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.