81 Walcot Road, Swindon, SN3 1BY
About 81 Walcot Road
81 Walcot Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Swindon (SN3 1BY). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£361/sq ft) was about 79.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
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Energy performance
81 Walcot Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Sept 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
81 Walcot Road has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
81 Walcot Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2014.
£352,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 9 years.
£350,000
Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
16 December 2022Most recent
£350,000
+12.0%over 3 years16 April 2019
£312,500
+78.6%over 5 years7 March 2014
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN3 1BY: £355,000 (2024–2021).
Versus other Walcot Road homes
81 Walcot Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,889
Street avg £2,779
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Immanuel Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery. 34 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB