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6 sales on record
About Harolds Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Harolds Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Corscombe, Dorchester, Dorchester (DT2 0NX). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£419/sq ft) was about 39.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 71 m² it sits well below the postcode median (138 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold December 2022 for £320,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Harolds Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E42
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Harolds Cottage, Corscombe, Dorchester, DT2 0NX, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Harolds Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- May 2018ExtensionFullGranted
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey and first floor rear extensions
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Harolds Cottage has changed hands more often than typical for the area.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£311,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.3% per year over 18 years.
Last sold (2022)
£320,000
Growth on file: 3.3% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
Versus the street
Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for Harolds Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,507
Street avg £3,211
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 128 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Dorchester district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around DT2 0NX from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 5 points of interest in total.
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