1 Whitegates, Castle Combe, Chippenham, SN14 7HQ

1 Whitegates is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Castle Combe, Chippenham, Chippenham (SN14 7HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 143 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include subdivision, an extension, an annexe and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £497,000 is 29.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£250/sq ft) was about 21.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £385,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.