3 Blacksmith Close, Yatton Keynell, Chippenham, SN14 7FB

3 Blacksmith Close is a mid-terrace house in Yatton Keynell, Chippenham, Chippenham (SN14 7FB). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2016. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (119 m² across 10 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. Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £296,000 is 13.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£366/sq ft) was about 37.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.