Seale Cottage, Burton Road, Acresford, Swadlincote, DE12 8AP
About Seale Cottage
Seale Cottage is a detached house in Acresford, Swadlincote, Swadlincote (DE12 8AP). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 142 m² it sits well below the postcode median (245 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £628,000 is 19.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£343/sq ft) was about 127.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £525,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Seale Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Aug 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
Seale Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£628,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 7 years.
£525,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
29 March 2021Most recent
£525,000
+31.3%over 6 years3 July 2014
£400,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DE12 8AP: £299,995 (2016–1999).
Everything we know about Seale Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Burton Road homes
Floor Area for Seale Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
142 m²
Street avg 229 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.0 t/year
Street avg 12.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Measham Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Netherseal St Peter's CofE (C) Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB