Flat 1, 25 Park Street, Taunton, TA1 4DG

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Taunton (TA1 4DG). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 52 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–74 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom.

Held since March 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 52 m² the property is well over the postcode median (36 m² across 54 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £180,000 sits 56.5% above the 1999 sale of £115,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 86.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.