148 Beatrice Street, Swindon, SN2 1BD

148 Beatrice Street is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Swindon (SN2 1BD). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since August 2000, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 118 m² it's 21.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 42 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £270,000 sits 257.6% above the 2000 sale of £75,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£59/sq ft) was about 44.2% below the postcode norm.