42 Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY1 2EH

42 Castle Foregate is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Shrewsbury (SY1 2EH). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.

Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in June 2006. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 88 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 is 40.2% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£118/sq ft) was about 35% below the postcode norm.