3a, Bolters Lane, Downside, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4JS

3a is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Downside, Shepton Mallet, Shepton Mallet (BA4 4JS). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £201,000 is 21.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 59.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (95 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £165,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.