2 Stonehouse Cottages, Hele, Taunton, TA4 1AH

2 Stonehouse Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hele, Taunton, Taunton (TA4 1AH). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since May 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £333,000 sits 74.3% above the 2004 sale of £191,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£152/sq ft) was about 44.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.