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Get startedSpring Cottage is a detached house in Child Okeford, Blandford Forum, Blandford Forum (DT11 8QY). It has a recorded floor area of 306 m² (around 3294 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £993,000 is 18.6% above the 2015 sale price. At 306 m² the property is well over the postcode median (194 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sold in October 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2000. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Spring Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Council records include a two-storey extension at Spring Cottage.
Extension: Two storey
Erect two storey extension
Spring Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£993,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 16 years.
£837,000
Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 16 years.
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EPC Rating for Spring Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,735
Street avg £3,100
Floor Area
306 m²
Street avg 194 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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
42.5dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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29 October 2015Most recent
£837,000
+19.9%over 8 years27 July 2007
£698,000
+26.9%over 4 years29 October 2002
£550,000
+131.1%over 3 years22 October 1999
£238,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DT11 8QY: £860,000 (2020–2013).
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CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
DT11 8QN
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