The Retreat, South Road, Lympsham, Weston Super Mare, BS24 0DX

The Retreat is a detached house in Lympsham, Weston-Super-Mare, Weston Super Mare (BS24 0DX). It has a recorded floor area of 242 m² (around 2605 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 242 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £818,000 sits 97.1% above the 2017 sale of £415,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£159/sq ft) was about 35.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in October 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.