1 The Barns, Bicton Lane, Bicton, Shrewsbury, SY3 8EU

1 The Barns is a semi-detached house in Bicton, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY3 8EU). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2012) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from April 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since August 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 99 m² it sits well below the postcode median (148 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £461,000 is 28.1% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£338/sq ft) was about 67.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.