1a, Ladyfield Road, Chippenham, SN14 0AJ

1a is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Chippenham (SN14 0AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 43 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–96 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (50 versus a best of 73). The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £137,000 in December 2024. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2010–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£296/sq ft) was about 36.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.