5 Bences Close, Marshfield, Chippenham, SN14 8TD

5 Bences Close is an end-of-terrace house in Marshfield, Chippenham, Chippenham (SN14 8TD). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 sits 243.8% above the 2000 sale of £89,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 30.4% below the postcode norm. At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (101 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.