5 Capel Close, Shrewsbury, SY3 8BZ

5 Capel Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Shrewsbury (SY3 8BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it B (October 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since March 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 178 m² the property is well over the postcode median (124 m² across 11 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 1998–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £668,000 sits 55.3% above the 2011 sale of £430,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£224/sq ft) was about 16.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.