Old Coach House, Wellington Road, Taunton, TA1 5AP

Old Coach House is a detached house in Taunton (TA1 5AP). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 48% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 is 68.6% below the 2022 sale of £500,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£588/sq ft) was about 225.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 79 m² it sits well below the postcode median (120 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold April 2022 for £500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.