1 Chance Cottage, Shaftesbury Road, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6BW
About 1 Chance Cottage
1 Chance Cottage is a semi-detached house in Mere, Warminster, Warminster (BA12 6BW). It has a recorded floor area of 195 m² (around 2099 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 195 m² it's 22.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (159 m² median across 9 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). On the market in January 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. Across 1996–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £627,000 is 42.5% above the 2014 sale price.
Energy performance
1 Chance Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 Mar 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Chance Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single Storey Rear Extension
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/2023/05265
- Nov 2005ConservatoryFullIn report
ERECT CONSERVATORY AND GARAGE
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- S/2005/1982
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Sales history & valuation
1 Chance Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£627,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.3% per year over 18 years.
£440,000
Growth on file: 10.3% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
30 January 2014Most recent
£440,000
+486.7%over 18 years3 January 1996
£75,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BA12 6BW: £329,000 (2023–2017).
Nearby sales in BA12 6BW
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Sold Oct 2019
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Sold Oct 2017
£170,000
Versus other Shaftesbury Road homes
1 Chance Cottage outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,256
Street avg £2,860
Floor Area
195 m²
Street avg 146 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
White Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Mere School. 1 school nearby.
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