8 Central Farm Lane, Tolpuddle, Dorchester DT2 7FB

Detached house · Built 2003-2006 · 94 m² · Boiler and radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

ED for £2,155 · £2,155 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£657.7 yrs+1.6 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£8112.4 yrs+2.0 pts
Shower heat recovery£585 – £725£1349.2 yrs+0.3 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

£2,204
per year at grade E
£2,045
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £159 a year — a 7.4% annual return on £2,155.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £1,040 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 December 2020£373,000
19 June 2014£318,500
20 December 2007£306,500

Estimated today: £411,990 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Central Farm Lane: 20 sales since 1995 · £373,714 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Milborne St Andrew First SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Puddletown Church of England First SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
Frome Valley CofE First SchoolPrimary3.8 mi
The Purbeck SchoolSecondary8.9 miProgress 8 +0.60 · well above average (2023/24)
The Blandford SchoolSecondary9.5 miProgress 8 -0.33 · 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.

5.5
crimes a month
60
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020540, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Central Farm Lane

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
59.4
average score
D
most common grade
-8.4
this home vs street
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