26 Ashby Road, Donisthorpe, Swadlincote, DE12 7QG

26 Ashby Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Donisthorpe, Swadlincote, Swadlincote (DE12 7QG). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £448,000 is 24.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£241/sq ft) was about 74.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £360,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.