Yew Tree Cottage, Bat Alley, Marnhull, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1NX

Yew Tree Cottage is a semi-detached house in Marnhull, Sturminster Newton, Sturminster Newton (DT10 1NX). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1789 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since March 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (107 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1999–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £513,000 sits 125% above the 2002 sale of £228,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 55.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.