12 Orchard Place, Weston Super Mare, BS23 1QP

12 Orchard Place is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Weston Super Mare (BS23 1QP). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 31 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (31–69 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 18 units on file. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2013. Between certificates, main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since August 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £244,000 sits 205% above the 2000 sale of £80,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£240/sq ft) was about 37.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (47 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.