26 Salop Road, Overton, Wrexham, LL13 0EH

26 Salop Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Overton, Wrexham, Wrexham (LL13 0EH). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2012) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The latest certificate is from November 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since June 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Wrexham HPI: 15.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £296,000 is 37.7% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£307/sq ft) was about 111.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (95 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2004. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.