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Get startedOld Mill Cottage is a detached house in Affpuddle, Dorchester, Dorchester (DT2 7HH). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 95 m² it sits well below the postcode median (179 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Old Mill Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Old Mill Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£395,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
On floor area, Old Mill Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
43 (E)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 160 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.7 t/year
Street avg 8.2 t/year
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Cavity wall insulation installed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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Median price across the last 5 sales in DT2 7HH: £590,000 (2023–2019).
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
DT2 7BY
Blacksmiths Cottage — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB