3 Preston Lane, Burton, Christchurch, BH23 7JU

3 Preston Lane is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Burton, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 7JU). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.

At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (167 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: November 2020 at £405,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2004–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £495,000 is 22.2% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£896/sq ft) was about 228.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.