Brookside, Flat 4, May Close, Swindon, SN2 1XB

Brookside is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Swindon (SN2 1XB). It has a recorded floor area of 16 m² (around 172 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band A. At 16 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Brookside (16–42 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (76 versus a worst of 53). The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 16 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 (£668/sq ft) was about 242.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £115,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.