5 Cedar Grove, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5DQ

5 Cedar Grove is a two-bedroom detached house in Wem, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY4 5DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

It hasn't traded since December 2001, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (131 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 12% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £308,000 sits 116.9% above the 2001 sale of £142,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 99.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.