18 Creechberry Orchard, Taunton, TA1 2EX

18 Creechberry Orchard is a three-bedroom detached house in Taunton (TA1 2EX). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £297,000 sits 56.3% above the 2007 sale of £190,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 33.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.