25 Brimble Cottages, Stourton Caundle, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2JS

25 Brimble Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Stourton Caundle, Sturminster Newton, Sturminster Newton (DT10 2JS). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since November 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £256,000 is 40.3% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£136/sq ft) was about 24.8% below the postcode norm.