7 The Maltings, Blandford St Mary, Blandford Forum, DT11 9HJ

7 The Maltings is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Blandford St. Mary, Blandford Forum, Blandford Forum (DT11 9HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £277,000 is 48.1% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£116/sq ft) was about 53.9% below the postcode norm. On the market in June 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years.