September Cottage, Church Lane, St Martins, Oswestry, SY11 3AN

September Cottage is a semi-detached house in St. Martins, Oswestry, Oswestry (SY11 3AN). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 115 m² the property is well over the postcode median (44 m² across 7 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. Across 1996–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £243,000 sits 67.6% above the 2013 sale of £145,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£117/sq ft) was about 54.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in December 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.