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EPC B
About Stantons Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Stantons Cottage is a semi-detached house in East Lyng, Taunton, Taunton (TA3 5AU). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2025) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in January 2018 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 111). Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.4% per year against 0.1% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £228,000 is 32.6% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£190/sq ft) was about 22.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 84 m² it sits well below the postcode median (130 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. It changed hands recently, sold October 2025 for £172,000.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Stantons Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Jan 2025
EPC Rating
A
B
B83
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Heat Pump
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
1.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Stantons Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£228,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 28 years.
Last sold (2025)
£172,000
Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 28 years.
Sales timeline
Versus the street
Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On years held, Stantons Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,048
Street avg £2,177
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around TA3 5AU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 24 points of interest in total.
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