1a, Breidden View, Shrewsbury, SY3 8NN

1a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Shrewsbury (SY3 8NN). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2012 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (105 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2012–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £159,000 is 32.5% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 21.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in January 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.