The Old Forge, 1, Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum DT11 0BW

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 294 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil, Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

D → C for £3,750 · £3,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation—£800 – £1,200£1626.2 yrs+2.9 pts
Wind turbine—£1,500 – £4,000£13420.5 yrs+2.4 pts · reaches C
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond C)—£2,200 – £3,000£9926.2 yrs+1.8 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£2,733
per year at grade D
£2,338
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £296 a year — a 7.9% annual return on £3,750.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £2,013 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 February 2004£530,000

Estimated today: £1,006,048 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Follet Close: 1 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Dunbury Church of England AcademyPrimary2.0 mi—
Milborne St Andrew First SchoolPrimary2.4 mi—
Cheselbourne Village SchoolPrimary2.9 mi—
The Blandford SchoolSecondary5.7 miProgress 8 -0.33 · below average (2023/24)
Sturminster Newton High SchoolSecondary8.3 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

3.1
crimes a month
25
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 56% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020431, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Follet Close

How this home sits against its street.

12
graded homes
51
average score
E
most common grade
+14.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.