Firtree Cottage, Burton Street, Marnhull, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1JJ

Firtree Cottage is a detached house in Marnhull, Sturminster Newton, Sturminster Newton (DT10 1JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since October 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £466,000 sits 565.7% above the 1995 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£52/sq ft) was about 79.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 125 m² it's 21.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 24 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs).