8 Barkstone Drive, Shrewsbury, SY1 3XT

8 Barkstone Drive is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Shrewsbury (SY1 3XT). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity. At 42 m² this is the 6th smallest of 34 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–139 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 34 units on file.

Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£243/sq ft) was about 38.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 42 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (56 m² median across 33 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £110,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.