Colters, Ricketts Lane, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1BY

Colters is a detached house in Sturminster Newton (DT10 1BY). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in May 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £484,000 sits 222.7% above the 2000 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£84/sq ft) was about 71.9% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.