Flat 1, 24 Christchurch Street West, Frome, BA11 1EB

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Frome (BA11 1EB). It has a recorded floor area of 30 m² (around 323 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 30 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (30–44 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (42 versus a best of 68). The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 30 m² it sits well below the postcode median (44 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£434/sq ft) was about 103.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £140,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.