4 Pine Crescent, Minsterley, Shrewsbury, SY5 0AY

4 Pine Crescent is a three-bedroom detached house in Minsterley, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 0AY). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since November 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £230,000 is 42.4% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£283/sq ft) was about 61.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.