2 Clare Lodge Cottages, Chapel Lane, Bransgore, Christchurch, BH23 8BN

2 Clare Lodge Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bransgore, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 8BN). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (143 m² across 14 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 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £397,000 is 24.1% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£396/sq ft) was about 37% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £320,000 in September 2019.