17b, Horse Road, Hilperton Marsh, Trowbridge, BA14 7PE

17b is a detached house in Hilperton Marsh, Trowbridge, Trowbridge (BA14 7PE). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (September 2018); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in December 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 78 m² it's 27.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (108 m² median across 25 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £601,000 sits 173.2% above the 1997 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£262/sq ft) was about 50.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.