Apple Tree Cottage, Old School Lane, Bleadon, Weston Super Mare, BS24 0PF

Apple Tree Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Bleadon, Weston-Super-Mare, Weston Super Mare (BS24 0PF). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since January 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £527,000 sits 174.5% above the 2002 sale of £192,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£130/sq ft) was about 51.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.