2a, Frome Road, Southwick, Trowbridge, BA14 9QD

2a is a five-bedroom detached house in Southwick, Trowbridge, Trowbridge (BA14 9QD). It has a recorded floor area of 243 m² (around 2616 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 243 m² the property is well over the postcode median (118 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£337/sq ft) was about 53.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £882,500 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.