1 Brook Cottage, Brook Lane, Barton St David, Somerton, TA11 6DH

1 Brook Cottage is a semi-detached house in Barton St. David, Somerton, Somerton (TA11 6DH). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (January 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£412/sq ft) was about 84.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 120 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. A recent sale: £532,500 in November 2024. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.