5 Mount Pleasant Drive, Bransgore, Christchurch, BH23 8BZ

5 Mount Pleasant Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Bransgore, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 8BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 181 m² (around 1948 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

Held since May 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £673,000 sits 417.7% above the 1996 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 75.9% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 181 m² it's 24.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (145 m² median across 12 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs).