7 West Street, Bishops Lydeard, Taunton, TA4 3AU

7 West Street is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishops Lydeard, Taunton, Taunton (TA4 3AU). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.

Held since August 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 94 m² it sits well below the postcode median (135 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £291,000 is 29.3% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£222/sq ft) was about 113.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.