Blakes Garden Bungalow, Halse, Taunton, TA4 3AG
About Blakes Garden Bungalow
Blakes Garden Bungalow is a detached house in Halse, Taunton, Taunton (TA4 3AG). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1976-1982. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Held since July 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Across 1998–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at -3.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £424,000 sits 84.3% above the 2009 sale of £230,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£180/sq ft) was about 21.7% below the postcode norm.
Energy performance
Blakes Garden Bungalow's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Blakes Garden Bungalow has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Blakes Garden Bungalow's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£424,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -3.3% per year over 11 years.
£230,000
Growth on file: -3.3% per year over 11 years.
Sales timeline
30 July 2009Most recent
£230,000
-31.3%over 11 years14 July 1998
£335,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TA4 3AG: £400,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in TA4 3AG
Culvers End Cottage, Halse, Taunton, TA4 3AG
Sold Sept 2024
£400,000The Stables, Halse, Taunton, TA4 3AG
Sold Sept 2021
£486,750Chapel House, Halse, Taunton, TA4 3AG
Sold Sept 2020
£455,000Fairfield, Halse, Taunton, TA4 3AG
Sold Feb 2020
£310,0002 Culver Cottages, Halse, Taunton, TA4 3AG
Sold Aug 2015
£279,500
Versus the street
Price per m² for Blakes Garden Bungalow lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,933
Street avg £2,766
Floor Area
119 m²
Street avg 190 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 10.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.3 km
The New Inn — bus stop.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB







