Brookside, Flat 2, May Close, Swindon, SN2 1XB

Brookside is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Swindon (SN2 1XB). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. At 37 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across Brookside (16–37 m²). On EPC score it ranks last in the building (70 versus a best of 76). The latest certificate (April 2026) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (57 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£289/sq ft) was about 48% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £115,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.