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Get started1 Higher Common is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Child Okeford, Blandford Forum, Blandford Forum (DT11 8QX). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on lpg. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£284/sq ft) was about 33.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 103 m² it sits well below the postcode median (164 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: October 2024 at £315,000.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Price for 1 Higher Common has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£317,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 27 years.
£315,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 27 years.
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EPC Rating for 1 Higher Common lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
41 (E)
Street avg 66 (D)
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 137 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erect 2 No. single storey extensions (demolish 2 No. existing rear porches and 2 No. lean-to extensions).
10 October 2024Most recent
£315,000
+77.5%over 20 years29 January 2004
£177,500
+19.1%over 1 year3 September 2002
£149,000
+172.9%over 5 years4 July 1997
£54,600
Median price across the last 3 sales in DT11 8QX: £150,000 (2019–1998).
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Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
DT11 8UF
The Cross — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB