28 Alder Close, Taunton, TA1 2QP

28 Alder Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Taunton (TA1 2QP). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. At 61 m² this is the 17th smallest of 34 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–93 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (48 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 61 m² it's 20.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (77 m² median across 33 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £153,000 is 13.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£206/sq ft) was about 27.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £135,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.