1 Cottonmead Cottages, Thornhill, Stalbridge, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2SG

1 Cottonmead Cottages is a semi-detached house in Stalbridge, Sturminster Newton, Sturminster Newton (DT10 2SG). It has a recorded floor area of 192 m² (around 2067 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in January 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 192 m² it's 27.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (151 m² median across 6 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £530,000 is 12.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£227/sq ft) was about 17.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £470,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.