Swallow Court, Flat 19, 77 Abbotsbury Road, Weymouth, DT4 0AQ

Swallow Court is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Weymouth (DT4 0AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (May 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 80 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£159/sq ft) was about 19.1% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: March 2024 at £140,000.