8 Kemble Drive, Shrewsbury, SY3 6AG

8 Kemble Drive is a semi-detached house in Shrewsbury (SY3 6AG). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.

It hasn't traded since September 1996, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 80 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 18 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 £241,000 sits 412.8% above the 1996 sale of £47,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£55/sq ft) was about 72.6% below the postcode norm.