Halfmoon Cottage, Castle Street, Aldbourne, Marlborough, SN8 2DA

Halfmoon Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Aldbourne, Marlborough, Marlborough (SN8 2DA). It has a recorded floor area of 256 m² (around 2756 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since June 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in March 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 256 m² the property is well over the postcode median (126 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £764,000 sits 349.4% above the 1996 sale of £170,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£62/sq ft) was about 65.3% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.