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About 4 Banks Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
4 Banks Cottages is a semi-detached house in Piddletrenthide, Dorchester, Dorchester (DT2 7QR). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£387/sq ft) was about 30.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold September 2022 for £600,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D66
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
5.0 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.
Price for 4 Banks Cottages has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£649,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 26 years.
Last sold (2022)
£600,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
Versus the street
Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
4 Banks Cottages outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
66 (D)
Street avg 53 (E)
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 93 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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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 7QR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 12 points of interest in total.
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