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Get started2 Barcombe Farm Cottages is a semi-detached house in Alton Pancras, Dorchester, Dorchester (DT2 7RT). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in June 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (128 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £280,000 is 43.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£252/sq ft) was about 22.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2019 for £195,000. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
A recent planning application at 2 Barcombe Farm Cottages was refused — worth checking the council file.
Retain access and driveway.
£280,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£195,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Floor Area for 2 Barcombe Farm Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,708
Street avg £2,707
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Replaced storage heaters with gas boiler
Fuel source changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Roof insulation improved
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11 September 2019Most recent
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DT2 7RT: £465,000 (2024–2021).
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CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
DT2 7FT
Holcombe Mead — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB
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