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Get startedCartmel Cottage is a semi-detached house in Bickenhall, Taunton, Taunton (TA3 6TX). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£425/sq ft) was about 72.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £425,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£463,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.5% per year over 7 years.
£425,000
Growth on file: 8.5% per year over 7 years.
On price per m², Cartmel Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,570
Street avg £3,372
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
0.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
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22 December 2021Most recent
£425,000
+77.1%over 7 years10 December 2014
£240,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TA3 6TX: £310,000 (2025–2018).
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 8.5 t/year
TA3 6DD
Hatch Beauchamp — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Hatch Beauchamp Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB
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