Dolphin Cottage, The Chalks, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SN

Dolphin Cottage is a detached house in Chew Magna, Bristol, Bristol (BS40 8SN). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in March 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold November 2022 for £715,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£458/sq ft) was about 112.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.