40b, Beach Road, Weston Super Mare, BS23 1BG

40b is a one-bedroom detached house in Weston Super Mare (BS23 1BG). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 48 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (48–145 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (34 versus a best of 70). Other recorded features include a balcony and notable views. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (January 2016); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 6 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. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£283/sq ft) was about 61.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £146,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.