4 Beatrice Street, Swindon, SN2 1BB

4 Beatrice Street is a mid-terrace house in Swindon (SN2 1BB). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 45 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 28 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–138 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 28 units on file.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in October 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £127,000 sits 693.8% above the 1996 sale of £16,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£33/sq ft) was about 73.3% below the postcode norm. At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (101 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2017.