78 Walcot Road, Swindon, SN3 1DA
About 78 Walcot Road
78 Walcot Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Swindon (SN3 1DA). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 84 m² it's 15.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £315,000 is 22.6% above the 2024 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£284/sq ft) was about 75.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2024 at £257,000.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
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Energy performance
78 Walcot Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Planning history
78 Walcot Road has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 78 Walcot Road, Swindon, SN3 1DA
- Oct 2024ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of single storey side and rear extension.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- S/HOU/24/0987
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Sales history & valuation
78 Walcot Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£315,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£257,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 August 2024Most recent
£257,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN3 1DA: £280,000 (2018–2015).
Versus other Walcot Road homes
78 Walcot Road is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£3,060
Street avg £2,063
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 114 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
50.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB