14 Dawkins Road, Donisthorpe, Swadlincote, DE12 7RN

14 Dawkins Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Donisthorpe, Swadlincote, Swadlincote (DE12 7RN). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a corner plot.

Held since January 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 83 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £274,000 is 44.2% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£213/sq ft) was about 19.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.