Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
4 Home Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Frieze Hill, Taunton, Taunton (TA1 1HB). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £267,000 is 14.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£199/sq ft) was about 73.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £233,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
4 Home Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Certificate validity
Valid until 12 August 2031
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
Get a survey for this property
Because the property was built before 1919 and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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4 Home Cottages has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Latest sale on 4 Home Cottages was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£267,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.0% per year over 15 years.
£233,000
Growth on file: 2.0% per year over 15 years.
19 November 2021Most recent
£233,000
+33.1%over 14 years26 April 2007
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TA1 1HB: £120,000 (2026–2011).
4 Home Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,138
Street avg £1,712
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 71 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
366/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Taunton School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
The Castle School. 22 schools nearby.
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