Flat 1, 5 Caroline Buildings, Bath, BA2 4JH

Flat 1 is a mid-terrace house in Bath (BA2 4JH). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 68 m² this is the 5th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–68 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (40 versus a best of 70). The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £494,000 is 10.2% below the 2022 sale of £550,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£751/sq ft) was about 145.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £550,000 in October 2022. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 68 m² it's 19.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 25 EPCs).