1 The Gardens, Bromham, Chippenham, SN15 2HX

1 The Gardens is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bromham, Chippenham, Chippenham (SN15 2HX). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since January 1997 — that's 29 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 £406,000 sits 720.2% above the 1997 sale of £49,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£35/sq ft) was about 82.5% below the postcode norm. At 133 m² it's 27.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (104 m² median across 5 EPCs).