Cherry Trees, Collett Avenue, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5PL

Cherry Trees is a two-bedroom detached house in Shepton Mallet (BA4 5PL). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 852 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £299,000 is 46.9% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 15.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 79 m² it's 20.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 11 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). On the market in May 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.