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3 sales on record
About Blacksmiths Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Blacksmiths Cottage is a detached house in Affpuddle, Dorchester, Dorchester (DT2 7HH). It has a recorded floor area of 183 m² (around 1970 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £806,000 is 36.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 51.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: June 2019 at £590,000.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Blacksmiths Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E53
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
9.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Blacksmiths Cottage, Affpuddle, Dorchester, DT2 7HH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history at Blacksmiths Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Oct 2018Tree WorksTreesTree Works - CA - No Objection
(T1) Magnolia - fell - Piddle Valley Conservation Area
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Blacksmiths Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1997.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£806,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 22 years.
Last sold (2019)
£590,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
Versus the street
Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for Blacksmiths Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,224
Street avg £2,885
Floor Area
183 m²
Street avg 150 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
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 7HH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 11 points of interest in total.
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