Sunnyside Cottage, Wells Road, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AY

Sunnyside Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Corston, Bath, Bath (BA2 9AY). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

Sold March 2021 for £505,000. Across the public record there are 4 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £567,000 is 12.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£499/sq ft) was about 101.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 94 m² it's 28.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (132 m² median across 7 EPCs).