27a, Catherine Hill, Frome, BA11 1BY

27a is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Frome (BA11 1BY). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£362/sq ft) was about 197.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £417,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.