5 Burts Cottages, Gaunts Common, Wimborne, BH21 4JW

5 Burts Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Gaunts Common, Wimborne, Wimborne (BH21 4JW). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil.

At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £633,000 is 18.1% above the 2021 sale price. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £535,871. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.