5 Branksome Road, Swindon, SN25 3HQ

5 Branksome Road is a semi-detached house in Swindon (SN25 3HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it B (July 2009); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 114 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 19 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 1999–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £198,000 sits 75.2% above the 2015 sale of £113,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 25.1% below the postcode norm. Last sold in July 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years.