2 Deben Crescent, Swindon, SN25 3QB

2 Deben Crescent is a semi-detached house in Swindon (SN25 3QB). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in January 2002. At 168 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £348,000 sits 141.7% above the 2002 sale of £144,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£80/sq ft) was about 52.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.