14 Willow Vale, Frome, BA11 1BG

14 Willow Vale is a six-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Frome (BA11 1BG). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since March 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 182 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £509,000 sits 627.1% above the 1997 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£36/sq ft) was about 81.4% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.