24 Chapel Yard, Bishops Castle, SY9 5DE

24 Chapel Yard is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5DE). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.

Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in September 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £278,000 sits 826.7% above the 1995 sale of £30,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£22/sq ft) was about 90.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.