26 Black Horse Hill, Appleby Magna, Swadlincote, DE12 7AQ

26 Black Horse Hill is a two-bedroom detached house in Appleby Magna, Swadlincote, Swadlincote (DE12 7AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2012. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 78 m² it sits well below the postcode median (174 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£447/sq ft) was about 86.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £375,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.