84 The Butts, Frome, BA11 4AF

84 The Butts is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Frome (BA11 4AF). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

Held since November 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Across 1999–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £342,000 sits 101.2% above the 2007 sale of £170,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£120/sq ft) was about 26.4% below the postcode norm.