Anchor Cottage, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BU

Anchor Cottage is a detached house in Farmborough, Bath, Bath (BA2 0BU). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

At 184 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2001. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £544,000 is 26.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£217/sq ft) was about 171.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £430,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.