4 Carpenters Close, Ruishton, Taunton, TA3 5JE

4 Carpenters Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Ruishton, Taunton, Taunton (TA3 5JE). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (107 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£356/sq ft) was about 68.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £268,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.