Primrose Cottage, Lyth Hill Road, Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, SY3 0AU

Primrose Cottage is a semi-detached house in Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY3 0AU). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in April 2019 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 97), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 110 m² it sits well below the postcode median (237 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £391,000 is 42.2% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 19.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £275,000 in August 2019. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.