April Cottage, Shaftesbury Road, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6BW
About April Cottage
April Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Mere, Warminster, Warminster (BA12 6BW). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (171 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £381,000 is 15.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£408/sq ft) was about 100.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £329,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenFront and rear
- GarageYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
April Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
April Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£381,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£329,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 March 2021Most recent
£329,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BA12 6BW: £320,000 (2023–2017).
Nearby sales in BA12 6BW
Quoins, Shaftesbury Road, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6BW
Sold Dec 2023
£720,000Causeway Cottage, Shaftesbury Road, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6BW
Sold May 2021
£665,500Field End, Shaftesbury Road, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6BW
Sold Oct 2019
£320,000Delamere, Shaftesbury Road, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6BW
Sold Oct 2017
£170,000Terra Firma, Shaftesbury Road, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6BW
Sold Aug 2017
£158,000
Versus other Shaftesbury Road homes
April Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,387
Street avg £2,623
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 159 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 5.7 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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