38a, Regent Street, Kingswood, Bristol, BS15 8JS

38a is a mid-terrace house in Kingswood, Bristol, Bristol (BS15 8JS). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 58 m² this is the 10th smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 24–88 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (November 2025) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and roof efficiency went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 58 m² the property is well over the postcode median (40 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£360/sq ft) was about 59.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £225,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.