8 Beech Avenue, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5XW

8 Beech Avenue is a mid-terrace house in Shepton Mallet (BA4 5XW). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 434 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2011) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in December 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 15% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £166,000 is 14.5% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 68.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 37 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.