The Swallows, Birmingham Road, Budbrooke, Warwick, CV35 7DZ

The Swallows is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Budbrooke, Warwick, Warwick (CV35 7DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 156 m² it's 26.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (123 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £565,000 sits 50.7% above the 2007 sale of £375,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£223/sq ft) was about 30.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.