38 Norman Road, Swindon, SN2 1AX

38 Norman Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Swindon (SN2 1AX). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2016. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Poor. Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since November 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 40 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 2001–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 sits 115.5% above the 2010 sale of £142,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£102/sq ft) was about 25.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.