22 Barnes Close, Trowbridge, BA14 9ER

22 Barnes Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Trowbridge (BA14 9ER). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2010. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). The latest certificate is from October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in July 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £374,000 sits 72.4% above the 2007 sale of £217,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£155/sq ft) was about 18.6% below the postcode norm.