5 Matchams Lane, Hurn, Christchurch, BH23 6AW

5 Matchams Lane is a detached house in Hurn, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 6AW). It has a recorded floor area of 251 m² (around 2702 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). Main heating runs on lpg.

At 251 m² the property is well over the postcode median (189 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £925,000. 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. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2014. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,195,000 is 29.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£342/sq ft) was about 140.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.