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Get started2 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. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 18.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £334,000 sits 74.9% above the 2004 sale of £191,000. At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs).
2 Stonehouse Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
£334,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 18.5% per year over 7 years.
£191,000
Growth on file: 18.5% per year over 7 years.
On epc rating, 2 Stonehouse Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
40 (E)
Street avg 69 (D)
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 94 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 1.5 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system changed
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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27 May 2004Most recent
£191,000
+173.1%over 5 years11 August 1998
£69,950
+11.1%over 9 months17 November 1997
£62,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in TA4 1AH: £189,000 (2011–1995).
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
TA4 1LP
Allerford Turn — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Norton Fitzwarren Church School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB
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