3 Blackbird Way, Frome, BA11 2UR

3 Blackbird Way is a four-bedroom detached house in Frome (BA11 2UR). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

At 96 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2008–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £406,000 is 31% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 21.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £310,000 in February 2020.