3 Riders Row, Cattistock, Dorchester, DT2 0JH

3 Riders Row is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cattistock, Dorchester, Dorchester (DT2 0JH). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. At 48 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (48–78 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (32 versus a best of 69). The latest certificate (July 2021) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (May 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£281/sq ft) was about 133.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (124 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £145,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.