5 7, Castle Green, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BY

5 7 is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5BY). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 118 m² it's 28.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 9 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £475,000 is 10.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 35.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2022 for £430,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.