Willow Vale House, Willow Vale, Frome, BA11 1BG

Willow Vale House is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Frome (BA11 1BG). It has a recorded floor area of 194 m² (around 2088 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since December 1997, a hold of 28 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 194 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £580,000 sits 300% above the 1997 sale of £145,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 63.8% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.