Forsythia Cottage, Grib Lane, Blagdon, Bristol, BS40 7SA

Forsythia Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Blagdon, Bristol, Bristol (BS40 7SA). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 933 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2012) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). The latest certificate is from February 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 1996 — that's 30 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 £443,000 sits 272.3% above the 1996 sale of £119,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 50.2% below the postcode norm. At 87 m² it sits well below the postcode median (147 m² across 7 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). 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.