Brookside, Southwick Road, Watchfield, Highbridge, TA9 4RE

Brookside is a detached house in Watchfield, Highbridge, Highbridge (TA9 4RE). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in August 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Sale prices here have lagged England HPI: -9.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £506,000 sits 181.1% above the 2009 sale of £180,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 68.3% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.