Castle View, Welsh Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BS

Castle View is a three-bedroom detached house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5BS). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in February 2016 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 89 m² it's 28.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (125 m² median across 15 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £361,000 sits 65.2% above the 2016 sale of £218,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 71.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in December 2016.