Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
1 Victoria Mews is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Taunton (TA1 1RD). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (60 m² across 49 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold November 2022 for £98,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £136,000 is 38.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£217/sq ft) was about 24.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
1 Victoria Mews sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Certificate validity
Valid until 14 October 2028
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Get a survey for this property
Because the property was built before 1919, has no mains gas supply, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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1 Victoria Mews has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sale price has at least doubled since 1998.
£136,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 24 years.
£98,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 24 years.
25 November 2022Most recent
£98,000
-8.4%over 3 years16 April 2019
£107,000
+50.8%over 16 years20 November 2002
£70,950
+102.7%over 4 years24 September 1998
£35,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TA1 1RD: £143,000 (2026–2025).
CO₂ Emissions for 1 Victoria Mews lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
42 m²
Street avg 47 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
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Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Alms Houses — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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