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Get startedWhitty Cottage is a detached house in Curland, Taunton, Taunton (TA3 5BD). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 99), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 159 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £629,000 sits 79.7% above the 2014 sale of £350,000. On the market in October 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2016.
Whitty Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Nov 2025
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Erection of a two storey extension to the north elevation and erection of a first floor extension to the west elevation of Whitty Cottage, Curland
Whitty Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£629,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£350,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Whitty Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,201
Street avg £3,415
Floor Area
159 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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
1.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
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23 October 2014Most recent
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TA3 5BD: £320,000 (2024–1998).
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 8.3 t/year
TA3 5FG
The Greyhound — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB
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