13 Shaw Hill, Shaw, Melksham, SN12 8EL

13 Shaw Hill is a two-bedroom detached house in Shaw, Melksham, Melksham (SN12 8EL). It has a recorded floor area of 227 m² (around 2443 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2015 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bulk wood pellets. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 27.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £706,000 is 17.9% below the 2020 sale of £860,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£352/sq ft) was about 31.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 227 m² the property is well over the postcode median (147 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: December 2020 at £860,000.