23 Severn Road, Weston Super Mare, BS23 1DW

23 Severn Road is a semi-detached house in Weston Super Mare (BS23 1DW). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 65 m² this is the 8th smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 18–248 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 (23 versus a best of 70).

Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £196,000 is 30% below the 2021 sale of £280,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£400/sq ft) was about 254% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 65 m² it's 22.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 22 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £280,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.