2 The Orchard, Semington, Trowbridge, BA14 6NN

2 The Orchard is a mid-terrace house in Semington, Trowbridge, Trowbridge (BA14 6NN). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in February 2015 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 91). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since February 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £189,000 sits 361% above the 1997 sale of £41,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£76/sq ft) was about 61.3% below the postcode norm. At 50 m² it's 26.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 18 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs).