Garden Cottage, Lower Kingsdown Road, Kingsdown, Corsham, SN13 8AZ

Garden Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Kingsdown, Corsham, Corsham (SN13 8AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 204 m² (around 2196 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in June 2016 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£433/sq ft) was about 20% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 204 m² the property is well over the postcode median (131 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). It changed hands recently, sold November 2024 for £950,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.