18 The Grove, Minsterley, Shrewsbury, SY5 0AG

18 The Grove is a detached house in Minsterley, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 0AG). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £445,000 sits 287% above the 1997 sale of £115,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£62/sq ft) was about 60.8% below the postcode norm.