5 King Street, Warminster, BA12 8DG

5 King Street is a two-bedroom detached house in Warminster (BA12 8DG). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £252,000 is 14.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£487/sq ft) was about 171.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £220,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.