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3 sales on record
About 16a
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
16a 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.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Current Certificate(1 of 3)
Oct 2020
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E43
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
3.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£194,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 23 years.
Last sold (2020)
£170,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Back Lane homes
Four headline reads against 21 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
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
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
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around DT2 7JW from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 6 points of interest in total.
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