Flat 1a, 43 Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NS

Flat 1a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bath (BA1 3NS). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 49 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–72 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (60 versus a best of 71). Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (87 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £270,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£512/sq ft) was about 112.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.