Linhayes, West Street, Somerton, TA11 6NB

Linhayes is a four-bedroom detached house in Somerton (TA11 6NB). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £438,000 is 16.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£210/sq ft) was about 20.4% below the postcode norm. At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £375,000 in January 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.