2 Batcombe Vale Cottages, Crows Hill, Batcombe, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6BN

2 Batcombe Vale Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Batcombe, Shepton Mallet, Shepton Mallet (BA4 6BN). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since March 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 11.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £548,000 sits 64.6% above the 2010 sale of £333,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£216/sq ft) was about 37.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.