1 Athelstan Cottages, Catherines Well, Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, DT11 0AS

1 Athelstan Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, Blandford Forum (DT11 0AS). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in February 2015 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in December 1998. 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 £231,000 sits 285.3% above the 1998 sale of £59,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£83/sq ft) was about 58.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2020. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 67 m² it's 21.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 13 EPCs).