Ostlers Cottage, Manor Road, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6HY

Ostlers Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Mere, Warminster, Warminster (BA12 6HY). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 83 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £253,000 is 29.7% above the 2022 sale price. Sold March 2022 for £195,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.