5 Bluebell Close, Donisthorpe, Swadlincote, DE12 7RW

5 Bluebell Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Donisthorpe, Swadlincote, Swadlincote (DE12 7RW). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£281/sq ft) was about 41.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £357,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.