Smithfield House, Rixon, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1BQ

Smithfield House is a detached house in Rixon, Sturminster Newton, Sturminster Newton (DT10 1BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 161 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, a conservatory and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £483,000 is 22.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 34.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £395,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.