Penny Fiddle, Betsy Lane, Bransgore, Christchurch, BH23 8AQ

Penny Fiddle is a detached house in Bransgore, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 8AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (104 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £399,000 sits 59.6% above the 2011 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£332/sq ft) was about 39% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2021.