38 Vanbrugh Gate, Broome Manor, Swindon, SN3 1NQ

38 Vanbrugh Gate is a four-bedroom detached house in Broome Manor, Swindon, Swindon (SN3 1NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £589,000 sits 334.7% above the 1997 sale of £135,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£66/sq ft) was about 72.2% below the postcode norm. At 191 m² it's 28.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (149 m² median across 29 EPCs).