Near Home, Main Road, East Lyng, Taunton, TA3 5AS

Near Home is a detached house in East Lyng, Taunton, Taunton (TA3 5AS). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since August 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 83 m² it's 24.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 8 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £338,000 is 27.5% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 67.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.