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Get started16a is an end-of-terrace house in Cerne Abbas, Dorchester, Dorchester (DT2 7JW). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £194,000 is 14.1% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£439/sq ft) was about 119.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (76 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £170,000 in December 2020.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
£194,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 23 years.
£170,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 23 years.
16a outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,722
Street avg £2,631
Floor Area
36 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Hot water system changed
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
Hot water system upgraded
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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17 December 2020Most recent
£170,000
+67.7%over 5 years13 November 2015
£101,350
+122.7%over 17 years17 November 1997
£45,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in DT2 7JW: £270,000 (2024–2020).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 6.9 t/year
New Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Cerne Abbas CofE VC First School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB
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