Sideways Cottage, Lower Street, Buckland Dinham, Frome, BA11 2QN

Sideways Cottage is a semi-detached house in Buckland Dinham, Frome, Frome (BA11 2QN). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1134 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 43). Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in October 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £527,000 sits 392.5% above the 1997 sale of £107,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 64.8% below the postcode norm. At 105 m² it sits well below the postcode median (174 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.