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Get startedPilgrims Cottage is a detached house in Neacroft, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 8JW). It has a recorded floor area of 206 m² (around 2217 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (May 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£370/sq ft) was about 20.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 206 m² the property is well over the postcode median (131 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. It changed hands recently, sold December 2024 for £820,000.
Pilgrims Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Pilgrims Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£815,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.7% per year over 19 years.
£820,000
Growth on file: 2.7% per year over 19 years.
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Pilgrims Cottage is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£3,981
Street avg £4,319
Floor Area
206 m²
Street avg 156 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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19 December 2024Most recent
£820,000
+64.0%over 18 years30 March 2006
£500,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH23 8JW: £645,000 (2023–2016).
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CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
Carpenters Arms — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Bransgore Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB