Church View Cottage, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BU
About Church View Cottage
Church View Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Farmborough, Bath, Bath (BA2 0BU). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.
6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£389/sq ft) was about 214.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 121 m² it's 16.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (146 m² median across 4 EPCs). Sold September 2022 for £506,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- StudyYes
- ConservatoryYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble, Detached
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Church View Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
6 applications on record at Church View Cottage, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BU
- Feb 2008New BuildOutlineOutcome in report
Erection of 2 bungalows and associated car parking
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/03688/OUT
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsMay 2024Decision
- ExtensionApr 2024Decision
+ 3 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Price for Church View Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£538,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 27 years.
£506,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
15 September 2022Most recent
£506,000
+386.5%over 27 years24 August 1995
£104,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BA2 0BU: £525,000 (2022–2017).
Nearby sales in BA2 0BU
Poplar House, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BU
Sold Apr 2022
£540,000Anchor Cottage, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BU
Sold Feb 2022
£430,000Orchard Way, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BU
Sold Aug 2021
£542,000Southview, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BU
Sold Aug 2017
£365,000The Old Bell, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BU
Sold May 2017
£525,000
Versus other Bath Road homes
On price per m², Church View Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,182
Street avg £2,024
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 188 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 8.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Poor Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Farmborough Church Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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