5 Willow Vale, Frome, BA11 1BG
About 5 Willow Vale
5 Willow Vale is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Frome (BA11 1BG). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.
Last sale on file: £450,000 in July 2022. Across the public record there are 6 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. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2014. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£504/sq ft) was about 221.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 83 m² it's 29.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (117 m² median across 21 EPCs).
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Building
- TenureFreehold
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2014RenovationHeritageIn report
Replace existing windows in kitchen, 2nd bedroom and shower room with materials and style that match adjoining building.Replace door in dining room with window. Replace existing window in dining room with french door in style to match adjoining house
New Windows- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 2014/0901/LBC
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Sales history & valuation
5 Willow Vale has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2000.
£474,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 22 years.
£450,000
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
3 July 2022Most recent
£450,000
+34.3%over 5 years23 April 2017
£335,000
+39.6%over 4 years22 March 2013
£240,000
+6.7%over 6 years4 May 2006
£225,000
+80.0%over 3 years22 August 2002
£125,000
+38.9%over 1 year30 November 2000
£90,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BA11 1BG: £350,000 (2024–2022).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Willow Vale homes
Price per m² for 5 Willow Vale runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,422
Street avg £2,448
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 139 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Market Place — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome. 10 schools nearby.
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