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

Struan Cottage is a semi-detached house in Farmborough, Bath, Bath (BA2 0BU). It has a recorded floor area of 404 m² (around 4349 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £422,000 sits 87.6% above the 2015 sale of £225,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£52/sq ft) was about 76.2% below the postcode norm. At 404 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in May 2015.