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Get started1 Smestow Lane is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Swindon, Dudley, Dudley (DY3 4PN). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2010. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Dudley HPI: 4.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £238,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
1 Smestow Lane has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey
First floor addition to existing extension
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£252,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.3% per year over 16 years.
£238,000
Growth on file: 4.3% per year over 16 years.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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23 September 2022Most recent
£238,000
+98.3%over 16 years9 June 2006
£120,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in DY3 4PN: £377,000 (2019–2000).
DY3 4BH
Feiashill Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
St John's CofE (C) Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB
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