10 Valley Cottages, Winterbourne Abbas, Dorchester, DT2 9LU

10 Valley Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Winterbourne Abbas, Dorchester, Dorchester (DT2 9LU). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in October 2009. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £288,000 sits 69.4% above the 2009 sale of £170,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£160/sq ft) was about 18.8% below the postcode norm. At 99 m² it's 15.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 22 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.