42 Footners Lane, Burton, Christchurch, BH23 7NT

42 Footners Lane is a two-bedroom detached house in Burton, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 7NT). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (104 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£700/sq ft) was about 181.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2022 for £490,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.