The School House, High Street, Chippenham, Ely, CB7 5PR

The School House is a detached house in Chippenham, Ely, Ely (CB7 5PR). It has a recorded floor area of 258 m² (around 2776 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 39). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in September 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 258 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £707,000 sits 188.6% above the 1997 sale of £245,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£88/sq ft) was about 49.5% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.