3 Ash Grove, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0RQ

3 Ash Grove is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 0RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

Held since June 2000 — that's 26 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. Today's modelled estimate of £261,000 sits 174.7% above the 2000 sale of £95,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 45% below the postcode norm. At 93 m² it's 27.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 8 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs).