8a, Dark Lane South, Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, BA14 6EZ

8a is a detached house in Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, Trowbridge (BA14 6EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since August 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 113 m² it's 27.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (157 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £472,000 sits 237.1% above the 1999 sale of £140,000. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.