Hawthorn Cottage, Gold Hill, Child Okeford, Blandford Forum, DT11 8HF

Hawthorn Cottage is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Child Okeford, Blandford Forum, Blandford Forum (DT11 8HF). It has a recorded floor area of 317 m² (around 3412 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory and a self-contained annexe.

Held since May 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 317 m² the property is well over the postcode median (140 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £893,000 sits 54% above the 2007 sale of £580,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£170/sq ft) was about 39.1% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, partial demolition and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.