8 Catherston Close, Frome, BA11 4HR
About 8 Catherston Close
8 Catherston Close is a semi-detached house in Frome (BA11 4HR). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88). The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since December 1999 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 £308,000 sits 346.4% above the 1999 sale of £69,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 62.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 70 m² it's 18.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 13 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
8 Catherston Close's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Jun 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Catherston Close has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Feb 2005ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension (DEL)
- Reference
- 102987/001
What's in 8 Catherston Close, Frome, BA11 4HR's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
8 Catherston Close's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£308,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£69,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 December 1999Most recent
£69,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BA11 4HR: £400,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in BA11 4HR
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Versus other Catherston Close homes
8 Catherston Close outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£986
Street avg £2,997
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Westover — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Trinity Church of England First School. 10 schools nearby.
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